Fitto: EU island strategy must now move from vision to action

The European Union’s new strategy for islands is only a starting point and must now be turned into practical policies that respond to the daily realities of island communities, European Commission Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto said on Thursday.

Speaking at the high-level conference on islands and coastal communities in Paphos, Fitto said more than 17 million people live across over 4,000 inhabited islands in Europe, while three EU member states are islands themselves....