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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- accord de coopération (UE)
- Amérique
- cadre politique
- commerce international
- construction européenne
- Cuba
- DROIT
- droit de l'Union européenne
- droits de l'homme
- droits et libertés
- droits fondamentaux
- droits politiques
- droits sociaux
- démocratisation
- développement durable
- GÉOGRAPHIE
- géographie politique
- géographie économique
- institutions de l'Union européenne et fonction publique européenne
- politique internationale
- politique économique
- politique étrangère et de sécurité commune
- pouvoir exécutif et administration publique
- relation commerciale
- relation économique
- RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES
- résolution PE
- Service européen pour l’action extérieure
- société civile
- UNION EUROPÉENNE
- VIE POLITIQUE
- vie politique et sécurité publique
- ÉCHANGES ÉCONOMIQUES ET COMMERCIAUX
- ÉCONOMIE
- État de droit