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"en.20120418.18.3-276-875"2
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"The outermost regions (ORs) of the European Union are marked by their remoteness, insularity, difficult topography and climate. They have to face a major challenge: to transform their constraints into growth potential. Unfortunately, the economic, social and financial crisis has hit ORs particularly hard, highlighting the structural weaknesses of their economies and their dependence on the outside world. Against this background, EU measures that benefit them are more vital than ever. The text in this report stresses, in particular, the need to adjust European taxation and customs policies in order to enhance the competitiveness of the outermost regions’ economies, as well as the importance of supporting small and medium-sized enterprises through the allocation of Union funds, with the aim of developing the productive fabric of the ORs. It also draws attention to the importance of the tourism sector for these regions and calls on the Commission to speed up the implementation of the European Action Plan in this field, ensuring more effective coordination of the existing funding lines. Given that European investments in the ORs not only involve a policy of making up for delays and compensating for disadvantages, but that they are also carried out for the benefit and to the advantage of the whole of the European Union, I offer my support to this report."@en1
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