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This paper reviews the positions of various stakeholders on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2013. The first section introduces the conceptual and methodological approach, while section two discusses key features of the CAP reform, with a particular focus on stakeholder involvement. Section three reviews stakeholders’ views on the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) and explains the next steps in the budgetary process. Sections 4 and 5 analyze the stakeholders' positions on how the reformed CAP should respond to the challenges of food security and environmental public goods prior to and after the publishing of the European Commission (EC) reform proposals.