Canary Islands

The President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez, expressed his confidence that 2023 will be a fruitful year for the regions remotely located from the centre of the European Union, as the Canary Islands will hold next year the Presidency of the Outermost Regions (ORs) and Spain will be presiding over the Council of the EU.

By Tinerfe Fumero/Europa Press According to a report by the Foundation of the Savings Banks (Funcas), 20.1% of the inhabitants of the archipelago were born in another country. This percentage is supassed only by the Balearic Islands, Madrid and Catalonia and the growth has been exponential this century. One in five residents in the Canary