In a speech at the annual conference of presidents of remote regions in Madeira on Friday 23 September, Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cretu announced that the European Commission will unveil its strategy for remote regions in September 2017 after a forum.
The forum on remote regions will be held in Brussels in March 2017 to draw up an overview of remote regions’ expectations and requirements. They are currently drawing up a memorandum which they will ask the president of the...