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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2024/2584(RSP))

On the critical situation in Cuba

B-9-2024-0145

on behalf of The Left Group · Rapporteur: Manu Pineda, Sandra Pereira, Leila Chaibi

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A resolution tabled by The Left Group expresses solidarity with the Cuban people and calls for the immediate lifting of the US economic, trade and financial blockade and all other unilateral coercive measures. It calls for Cuba's immediate removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and rejects any attempt to exploit Cuba's economic difficulties to interfere in its internal affairs. It calls for increased EU aid and cooperation with Cuba, the cancellation of Cuba's debt payments to Member States and Paris Club members, and stronger EU-Cuba relations based on dialogue and cooperation. It stresses the importance of the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement, welcomes its fourth implementation cycle and the 2023 visits by EU officials, and commends Cuba's role in multilateral forums and in the global fight against COVID-19. It reaffirms Cuba's sovereignty and territorial integrity and calls for the dismantlement of the Guantánamo Bay naval base and military prison and the withdrawal of all US forces from Cuban territory.

Key points

  1. Expresses full solidarity with the people of Cuba and urges the immediate lifting of the US economic, trade and financial blockade and all other unilateral coercive measures.
  2. Calls for the immediate removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism to end its difficulties in accessing the international financial system.
  3. Recognises the permanent efforts of the Cuban authorities to improve and update the Cuban development model and to minimise the consequences of the US blockade.
  4. Rejects any attempt to exploit Cuba's difficult economic situation to interfere in its internal affairs and urges the EU and its Member States to respect international law.
  5. Calls for an increase in EU aid and cooperation with Cuba, for ways to finance foreign investments, and for the cancellation of Cuba's debt payments to Member States and Paris Club members.
  6. Calls for stronger EU-Cuba relations on climate change and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, denounces the extraterritorial effects of the US blockade, and asks the Commission to counter them with other countries.
  7. Stresses the importance of the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement and welcomes the start of its fourth implementation cycle in November 2023 and the 2023 visits by EU officials.
  8. Stresses Cuba's importance in multilateral forums, including its Presidency of the G77 since January 2023, and its efforts to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
  9. Commends Cuba for developing five candidate COVID-19 vaccines, three of which were certified, and for its medical brigades saving lives around the world, including in the EU.
  10. Reaffirms Cuba's sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity and calls for the dismantlement of the Guantánamo Bay naval base and military prison and the withdrawal of all US forces.

Who is affected

  • The people of Cuba, who face a difficult economic and social situation and a wave of migration.
  • The EU and its Member States, which are urged to respect international law and to increase aid and cooperation with Cuba.
  • European banks and enterprises, which face the extraterritorial effects of the US blockade.
  • The United States, which is called on to lift the blockade, remove Cuba from the terrorism list and withdraw forces from Guantánamo Bay.

Figures and deadlines

  • USD 4.867 billion: damage to the Cuban economy from US measures from 1 March 2022 to 28 February 2023.
  • USD 11 billion: fines for 38 banks, including BNP Paribas, under the US blockade.
  • 243 additional coercive measures added against Cuba by former US President Donald Trump.
  • More than 500 000 people emigrated from Cuba in 2022 and 2023, around 400 000 entering the United States irregularly.
  • EUR 14 million: EU fund announced to help promote small businesses in Cuba.
  • 187 countries voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution of 2 November 2023 on ending the US embargo against Cuba.
  • 21.6 % of the EU population, more than 95 million people, were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2021 and 2022.
  • Almost 40 % of EU agricultural and livestock farms disappeared in the last 20 years.