Press Release: The Commission adopts a new Communication on the outermost regions

The European Commission has reaffirmed the importance it attaches to the seven outermost regions of the Union (the Azores, Madeira, the four French overseas departments and the Canary Islands) by adopting a Communication entitled “Strategy for the Outermost Regions: Achievements and Future Prospects”. Presented by Danuta Hübner, the Member of the Commission responsible for regional policy, the document takes stock of the action taken since the previous Communication of 2004 and proposes new measures to secure the future of these regions.