EU-Cuba relations: a new chapter begins
The Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) between the EU and Cuba, endorsed by the European Parliament (EP) on 5 July 2017, opens a new phase in EU-Cuba relations. Until now Cuba was the only country in Latin America without a cooperation or political dialogue agreement with the EU. The PDCA creates a framework for political dialogue and closer bilateral cooperation, including in trade. The parts of the agreement (mostly related to cooperation and trade issues) that fall within EU competence can already be applied provisionally, but the agreement will only enter into force in full after it has been ratified in all the EU Member States. Since negotiations on the PDCA began in 2014, Cuba’s relations with the EU and individual Member States have intensified considerably. For the EU, the PDCA is a tool for supporting a process of change and modernisation in Cuba, while for Cuba it represents the ‘normalisation’ of the relationship with an important economic and trade partner and helps it to diversify its external relations. Parliament will focus, in monitoring the implementation of the PDCA, on two areas of particular concern to the EP: human rights and civil liberties on Cuba, and the role of Cuban civil society.
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- Acuerdo de Cooperación (UE)
- América
- comercio internacional
- construcción europea
- Cuba
- democratización
- DERECHO
- Derecho de la Unión Europea
- derechos fundamentales
- derechos humanos
- derechos políticos
- derechos sociales
- derechos y libertades
- desarrollo sostenible
- ECONOMÍA
- Estado de Derecho
- GEOGRAFÍA
- geografía económica
- geografía política
- instituciones de la Unión Europea y función pública europea
- INTERCAMBIOS ECONÓMICOS Y COMERCIALES
- marco político
- poder ejecutivo y administración pública
- política económica
- política exterior y de seguridad común
- política internacional
- RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
- relación comercial
- relación económica
- Resolución PE
- Servicio Europeo de Acción Exterior
- sociedad civil (movimientos de opinión)
- UNIÓN EUROPEA
- VIDA POLÍTICA
- vida política y seguridad pública