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2005/2665(RSP) Resolution on the Euroepan Union's policy towards the Cuban Government

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 136-p5

Events

2006/05/30
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2006/03/09
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2006/02/02
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2006/02/02
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 560 votes to 33, with 19 abstentions, a resolution on the EU's policy towards the Cuban Government.

The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP-ED, UEN, PES and ALDE groups.

Parliament regrets the absence of any significant signs on the part of the Cuban authorities in reponse to the European Union's calls for full respect for fundamental freedoms, especially freedom of expression and political association, and condemns the worsening repression and the increase in the number of prisoners of conscience.

Parliament considers it inconceivable that people continue to be imprisoned in Cuba for their ideals and peaceful political activity, and calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners of conscience.

It goes on to urge the Council and the Commission to continue to take whatever action is necessary in order to require the release of political prisoners and to ensure that an immediate stop is put to the harassment of political opponents and human rights defenders.

MEPs note the refusal of the Cuban authorities to allow the Damas de Blanco (who won the Sakharov Prize in 2005) to travel to the seat of the European Parliament to receive their award. Parliament urges the Cuban authorities immediately to allow the Damas de Blanco to leave the island so that they can accept the invitation of the European Parliament, and instructs its President to take all possible steps to ensure that the prize winners can indeed receive the Sakharov Prize in person.

Lastly, it its invitation to the Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas , the winner of the European Parliament's 2002 Sakharov Prize, and demands that the Cuban authorities permit him to travel to Europe to appear before the Community institutions.

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2006/02/02
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2006/02/01
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2006/02/01
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2006/02/01
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Activities

Votes

RC - B6-0075/2006 - Cuba - résolution #

2006/02/02 Outcome: +: 560, -: 33, 0: 19
DE FR GB PL ES IT NL BE HU AT EL LT SE DK PT FI SK CZ IE LV SI LU EE MT CY
Total
83
69
67
47
45
53
24
22
21
17
19
13
15
12
17
11
13
21
8
7
6
6
5
5
6
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
220
2

Denmark PPE-DE

For (1)

1

Latvia PPE-DE

2

Slovenia PPE-DE

3

Luxembourg PPE-DE

3

Estonia PPE-DE

For (1)

1

Malta PPE-DE

2
icon: PSE PSE
176

Lithuania PSE

2

Finland PSE

For (1)

1

Slovakia PSE

2

Czechia PSE

2

Slovenia PSE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg PSE

For (1)

1

Estonia PSE

2
icon: ALDE ALDE
74

Spain ALDE

1

Hungary ALDE

1

Austria ALDE

1

Sweden ALDE

3

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

1

Slovenia ALDE

2

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

1

Estonia ALDE

2

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
40

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

5

Italy Verts/ALE

2

Netherlands Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
28

United Kingdom NI

Abstain (1)

3

Austria NI

2

Slovakia NI

Abstain (2)

3

Czechia NI

1
icon: UEN UEN
20

Lithuania UEN

2

Ireland UEN

For (1)

1
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
21

Italy IND/DEM

2

Netherlands IND/DEM

2

Sweden IND/DEM

Against (1)

1

Denmark IND/DEM

1

Czechia IND/DEM

Abstain (1)

1

Ireland IND/DEM

For (1)

1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
33

France GUE/NGL

Against (1)

3

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

Against (1)

1

Spain GUE/NGL

Against (1)

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Greece GUE/NGL

Against (1)

2

Sweden GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Portugal GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

3

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2

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    • date: 2006-02-01T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20060201&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
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