This has been caused not only by the global economic crisis and recession, along with a contraction of domestic and external markets, but also by the common agricultural policy, a neo-liberal policy which the European Commission has continued to pursue in previous years.
Această situaţie nu se datorează numai crizei economiei globale şi recesiunii, alături de reducerea pieţelor interne şi externe, ci şi politicii agricole comune, o politică neo-liberală pe care Comisia Europeană a continuat să o aplice de câţiva ani.