La política de desarrollo rural de la Unión Europea para 2007-2013

Historically any rural development initiatives undertaken by the European Union have lacked internal coherence and mostly have joined the european legal bodies on a case by case basis. The Rural Development Policy, born as a second basement to the CAP (Common Agriculturan Policy), was a formalizing effort but being designed as a set of sparce initiatives prevented it from succeeding as an internal, solid policy. Under its new defi nition for the 2007-13 period it becomes an appendix to the CAP, with meager funds and serious issues about its launch and rollout but with an structure and design better suited to its stated aims and a simplifi ed organizing model.