Brussels, 01/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - On a proposal from Commissioners Michel Barnier and Franz Fischler, the European Commission adopted a series of proposals that should allow sustainable development to be promoted in the seven outlying regions of the European Union: the Azores, Canary Islands and Madeira and the four French overseas departments, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and the Reunion. Measures envisaged demonstrate the increased effort to achieve the solidarity necessary given...