Written question – Application of the democratic clause in the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with Cuba – E-001637/2025

Question for written answer  E-001637/2025
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Rule 144
Jorge Martín Frías (PfE)

The European Union has for years maintained a policy of dialogue and cooperation with the Cuban regime through the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) signed in 2016.

However, this ‘policy’ has done nothing but prop up the Díaz-Canel dictatorship using European taxpayers’ money – money that galvanises and legitimises the regime’s repression of the political opposition, the imprisonment of political prisoners and the incessant curtailment of the Cuban people’s fundamental rights and freedoms.

The EU must therefore activate the democratic clause immediately and begin the procedure to suspend this Agreement and all associated funding, in line with the repeated requests of the European Parliament[1]. In view of the above:

• 1.When will the Commission apply the PDCA’s democratic clause to ensure compliance with Parliament’s mandate?
• 2.What control and monitoring mechanisms are in place to keep track of the funds the EU sends to the Cuban regime?

Submitted: 23.4.2025

• [1] European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on Cuba, the case of José Daniel Ferrer (2019/2929(RSP)); European Parliament resolution of 10 June 2021 on the human rights and political situation in Cuba (2021/2745(RSP)); European Parliament resolution of 12 July 2023 on the state of the EU-Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island (2023/2744(RSP)).