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In 1965 Hallstein put forward his proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy, which would give the Community its own financial resources while giving more power to the Commission and Parliament and removing the veto power over Agriculture in the Council.

These proposals led to an immediate backlash from France.

Hallstein knew the proposals would be contentious, and took personal charge of drafting them, overriding the Agriculture Commissioner.

However he did gain the support of Parliament through his proposals to increase its powers, and he also presented his policy to Parliament a week before he submitted them to the Council.

He aimed to demonstrate how he thought the Community ought to be run, in the hopes of generating a wave of pro-Europeanism big enough to get past the objections of member states.

However in this it proved that, despite its past successes, Hallstein was overconfident in his risky proposals .< ref name =" LSE Chair ">