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Alessandra Schimmel presents paper on consumers and the Common Market
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In May 2021, Alessandra Schimmel participated in the 17th annual conference of the History of European Integration Research Society (HEIRS). The title of this year’s conference was ‘Europe’s economic transformations: Actors of a changing European economy’. Alessandra’s contribution explored the role of consumer organisations in relation to Common Market policies in the 1970s, with a specific focus on the Common Agricultural Policy, as well as changing conceptions of the figure of the consumer in the context of the Common Market.
For more information, see https://heirsweb.wordpress.com/2021/05/04/program-17th-annual-heirs-conference/
On this subject, read also Alessandra’s blog on the European consumers organisation and the EEC Agricultural Policy: https://consumers.sites.uu.nl/news/fighting-for-food/