Da man oprettede EF, var målet med landbrugspolitikken i al sin enkelthed at sikre en rigelig forsyning af fødevarer i en kriseøkonomi, der var ved at restituere sig efter krigstiden.
When the EU was established, the goal of its agricultural policy, in its simplicity, was to guarantee a sufficient supply of food at a time of shortages in an economy just recovering from the war.