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The Polish MEP Mariusz Kamiński questioned the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) between the European Union (EU) and the Cuban regime.
Kamiński, who raised a formal parliamentary question regarding the policy towards Havana to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, believes that “the communist regime in Cuba survives solely due to repression: the prisons are filled with political prisoners.”
It also denounced that the regime "is tightening political and military cooperation with Moscow and Minsk, and thousands of Cuban mercenaries are supporting Russian aggression."
"Lithuania is issuing arrest warrants against Cuban saboteurs, and the EU... maintains the cooperation and dialogue agreement, allocating 3 million euros to the Cuba Digital project. As a Member of the European Parliament, I am fighting to put an end to this shameful agreement," lamented the MEP and former Polish Minister of the Interior.
The European Parliament member from the European Conservatives and Reformists argues that the agreement benefits the regime and weakens European security.
For this reason, he asked the High Representative if the EU will continue to uphold the agreement with Cuba despite the reports of repression and security risks.
In January, Kamiński, along with his colleague Carlo Fidanza, presented an amendment to the annual foreign policy report proposing to review and suspend the privileged cooperation of the European Union with the Cuban regime, within the framework of the ADPC.
The approved text expresses the "deep concern" of Parliament regarding the authoritarian regimes in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, and calls on the European Commission to "use all available instruments, without excluding any," to ensure compliance with democratic norms and human rights.
The amendment warns that Cuba has provided political and financial support to Moscow and Minsk, and that its collaboration with Russia includes the establishment of a "cyber operations center" on Russian territory.
The MEPs also point out that, despite this alignment, the regime in Havana continues to receive "privileged cooperation" from the European Union through the ADPC.
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