MEPs have given overwhelming support (505 votes for, 75 against, 10 abstentions) to the own-initiative report submitted by Younous Omarjee (GUE/NGL France) on Thursday 6 July. This seeks to guarantee the effective application of article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and focuses on the derogated status of the outermost regions (OR).
In response to EUROPE, the rapporteur welcomed the massive vote in favour of his report, which he said would send out a strong...