The state of the EU-Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island

Reference RC-B9-0311/2023Foreign affairs

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How the groups voted

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The Left37

1265581%

S&D143

810881987%

Greens/EFA72

The European Parliament adopted by 359 votes to 226, with 50 abstentions, a resolution on the state of the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island.The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, Renew and ECR groups.In 2017, Parliament gave its consent to the PDCA, including clear conditions linked to the improvement of human rights and democracy in Cuba. The EU recalled, during the third formal Human Rights Dialogue with Cuba on 26 February 2021, the need to respect international human rights law obligations. Its ratification process has not been fully completed and the agreement provisionally applies…