Beyond Recognition: What the First-Ever EU Islands Strategy Means for Europe’s Island Regions
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Brussels, 12 June 2026 - Islands and coastal communities, for the first time, come fully into the strategic plans of the European Commission. On 10 June, Vice-President Raffaele Fitto presented two complementary strategies aimed at improving the lives of 17 million people, those living on more than 4,000 islands, present in 16 of the 27 Member States, and of another 95 million people living on the 70 thousand kilometers of coastline of the Union…
Beyond recognition: What the first-ever EU Islands Strategy means for Europe’s Island Regions
An initial assessment of the European Commission’s EU Islands Strategy from the perspective of the CPMR Islands Commission Source: European Commission, 2026 The publication of the European Commission’s first-ever EU Strategy for Islands delivered on 10th June marks a significant moment for island territories across Europe. For decades, islands have occupied a somewhat paradoxical position within EU policymaking. Their specific situation has lon…
The European Commission has adopted two specific strategies for EU islands and coastal communities, with the aim of establishing for the first time a coordinated European approach for these territories: 17 million people living in more than 4,000 islands in 16 Member States and 95 million residents in the 70,000 km of EU coast and in coastal areas in 22 Member States; the strategies establish for the first time a coordinated European approach to…
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