New Form of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union After 2014

The common agricultural policy of the European Union (EU CAP) currently spends nearly 50% of the budget of the European Union (EU). This is the reason for the adoption of such measures, which aim to achieve efficiency of financial instruments the EU's CAP. Another reason is the EU's CAP reform in order to meet the objectives of the CAP, which were set at the start of the CAP. The fact is that these objectives have been modified with respect to changes in political and economic conditions in Europe and the rest of the world. The new form of EU CAP should bring the following objectives with emphasis on effective use of funds from the EU budget. The aim of this paper is to analyze financial instruments and measures of the new form of EU CAP for 2014 - 2020. The contribution is focused mainly on measures against young farmers intended to increase their financial support. The contribution is focused on further measures in relation to the new EU member countries, including Slovakia, which were removed prior discriminatory measures against them.