Adesão à Europa e Política Europeia

European Integration of Portuguese Agriculture, por Armando Sevinate Pinto

When in 1977, Portugal applied to join what was then the European Economic Community, agriculture was the sector of most concern to the Portuguese authorities. Departing from this context, the present paper deals with the agricultural sector in Portugal and its role in the Portuguese integration and negotiations process in the EU. In the first section, it addresses the state of the agricultural sector before the integration and the main concerns regarding it. The second section deals with Portuguese attitude in the negotiations and the Accession Treaty. The third and last section reflects on the impact and results of 14 years of integration.