Putting people first, securing sustainable and inclusive growth, unlocking the potential of the EU’s outermost regions

Summary:

Communication published by the European Commission on 3 May 2022, setting out a renewed strategy for the most remote parts of the European Union (EU), the so-called outermost regions.

Further information:

The EU outermost regions - Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion and Saint-Martin (France), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal) and the Canary Islands (Spain) - are nine EU regions located in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, in the Caribbean basin and in South America. The constraints to their development are recognised in Article 349 TFEU, which also provides for specific measures to support them, including the tailored application of EU law in these regions and access to EU programmes.

This Communication presents the priorities for EU action with and for these regions. It sets out the Commission’s proposed initiatives to mainstream the specificities of the outermost regions across EU legislation and policies, but it also encourages action by the regions themselves and their Member States. The renewed strategy builds on the implementation of the 2017 strategic partnership with these regions, reported by the Commission in March 2020.

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EUR-LEX: SWD(2022)133: Staff Working Document accompanying the Communication - Outermost regions at a glance – assets, challenges and opportunities https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2022:133:FIN

EUR-LEX: SWD(2022)134: Staff Working Document accompanying the Communication - Synopsis report on the results of the Communication on the outermost regions consultation activities https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=SWD:2022:134:FIN

European Commission: Regional Policy: Outermost Regions https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/themes/outermost-regions/

European Commission: Press Release, 03/05/2022: The Commission's renewed Strategy for the EU's outermost regions puts people first and unlocks their potential https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_2727

European Commission: Questions and Answers on the renewed Strategy for the outermost regions (3 May 2022) https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_22_2745

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