Press Release: European Commission urges outermost regions to set their sights on EU 2020 goals and to capitalize on their individual strengths

Preview and reports: the European Commission will be hosting the ' Third Forum of the Outermost Regions ' in Brussels on 30 September - 1 October 2014 to discuss joint efforts towards more dynamic economic and social development in the outermost regions and to realize their full potential. The event brings together the Presidents of Europe's outermost regions, representatives from their three Member States, members of civil society and the business sector as well as representatives of the EU institutions: José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Michel Lebrun, President of the Committee of the Regions, Rossella Rusca, Representative of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and Louis-Joseph Manscour, member of European Parliament.