Land Policy for Rural Development in the European Union and its Impact on Access to Land

Willem Korthals Altes

European Countryside, 2022, vol. 14, issue 4, 658-674

Abstract: The concentration of farmland has potentially a negative impact on planning for local rural development as it impedes access to land for other rural initiatives. Land policies in the European Union aiming to reserve lands for local communities are constrained by principles of the EU single market, such as the free movement of capital and the freedom of establishment. Especially in several Central and Eastern European member states, the European Commission has critically reviewed policies to shield lands from the single market. This paper reviews and analysis this issue in relation to the planning for rural communities.

Keywords: access to land; rural development; European Union; land grabbing; land market; common agricultural policy; land policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2022-0033

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