Editing Common Agricultural Policy (section)

===Between Mansholt and MacSharry===
Hurt by the failure of Mansholt, would-be reformers were mostly absent throughout the 1970s, and reform proposals were few and far between. A system called "[[Agrimoney]]" was introduced as part of the fledgling EMU project but was deemed a failure and did not stimulate further reforms.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}

The 1980s was the decade that saw the first true reforms of the CAP, foreshadowing further development from 1992 onwards. The influence of the farming bloc declined, and with it, reformers were emboldened. Environmentalists garnered great support in reforming the CAP, but it was financial matters that ultimately tipped the balance: due to huge [[overproduction]] the CAP was becoming expensive and wasteful.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} There was the introduction of a quota on dairy production in 1984 and, in 1988, a ceiling on EU expenditure to farmers.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} However, the basis of the CAP remained in place and it was not until 1992 that CAP reformers began to work in earnest.