Eastern Enlargement of the EU and its Implications for Agriculture and Agricultural Policies 1 1 Paper prepared for the 22nd NJF Congress "Nordic Agriculture in a Global Perspective", 1-4 July 2003, Turku, Finland.

In 2004 ten Eastern and Southern European countries will join the EU. Agriculture and agricultural policy is an important issue in this EU enlargement process, for several reasons. This paper assesses the implications of the enlargement process for agriculture and agricultural policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]