A detailed denunciation of the ravages caused by the intensified U.S. blockade against Cuba and that country's aggressive policy resonated in the French National Assembly, diplomatic sources indicated.

Deputy Stéphane Peu, president of the Democratic and Republican Left Group (GDR) in that legislature, presented a proposed resolution on the besieged Caribbean nation, which rejects persistent threats of aggression from Washington. The resolution urges action, both bilaterally and within the framework of the European Union, in favor of ending the policy of economic asphyxiation and the threats of belligerent action by Washington against Cuba.

Peu explained to legislators that the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by Washington in 1962 constitutes the longest-lasting unilateral coercive measure in contemporary history. Furthermore, in his presentation, the deputy stated that this policy violates fundamental principles of international law, such as state sovereignty, legal equality among countries, and non-interference in internal affairs.

The resolution also criticizes the U.S. decision to keep Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list and questions the U.S. presidential decree of January 2026 that considers Cuba an "extraordinary threat" to U.S. national security. "None of these measures has an objective basis, and both aggravate the island's financial isolation," the text presented by the deputy denounces.

The document also describes the serious humanitarian and energy crisis in Cuba, which it attributes to the reduction of oil supplies amid the energy blockade imposed by the United States on the island as an extraterritorial measure. Such a situation, Peu declared, causes daily and prolonged blackouts; operational difficulties in hospitals, universities, and schools; and shortages of food, medicines, and basic products. Added to this is the partial paralysis of strategic sectors such as agriculture, tourism, nickel production, and the tobacco industry, he noted.

The document reminds the French government that Cuba is not a foreign actor in the Caribbean, where French territories exist in the region, and considers that the island's economic and political stability is of strategic importance for France and for Caribbean regional cooperation.

The draft resolution denounces the extraterritoriality of U.S. laws such as the 1996 Helms-Burton Act and draws attention to its effects on French and European companies and their limitations on legitimate economic relations with Cuba. Furthermore, this undermines the economic sovereignty of France and the European Union, the draft resolution emphasizes.

The text recommends that the French government explicitly condemn the U.S. blockade and defend in international forums the illegality of extraterritorial sanctions. It also calls for promoting the strengthening of ties between the European Union and Cuba within the framework of the 2016 Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement, and for advancing diplomatic efforts to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.