EU-Cuba relations
10.4.2007
ORAL QUESTION H-0277/07
for Question Time at the part-session in April 2007
pursuant to Rule 109 of the Rules of Procedure
by Pedro Guerreiro
to the Council
The EU adopted a common position on Cuba in 1996, with the objective of supporting political change there. This was a clear case of interference in the affairs of a sovereign state, which currently chairs the non-aligned movement with its membership of over 100 countries. The German presidency has now publicly proclaimed its intention to draw up a 'medium and long-term strategy' on Cuba, under which it not only reiterates the unacceptable objective of the 'common position' but adds a 'secret' annex detailing a set of measures for direct interference, of a nature comparable to that of the US strategy towards Cuba.
Can the Council explain the nature and objectives of its current debates on Cuba?
Tabled: 10.04.2007
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