Solidarity with Cuba Against Right-Wing Maneuver in European Parliament

"The European right and far right, aligned with Trump in Washington, want to end the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) between the European Union and Cuba," denounces a statement from the aforementioned movement.

The PDCA has been in force since 2016, but right-wing legislators wish to present a proposal to eliminate it before the European Parliament on June 18 in Strasbourg, highlights the rally's call for today.

The European solidarity caravan with Cuba, organized by Let Cuba Breathe, departed from Italy, with stops in Brussels and Paris, to conclude its pilgrimage in Strasbourg, with the objective of denouncing the ongoing anti-Cuban maneuver.

The statement recalls that since the failure of the U.S. attack at the Bay of Pigs over 60 years ago, U.S. governments have never stopped attempting the economic strangulation of Cuba through the blockade. That U.S. policy has been condemned on numerous occasions by the United Nations General Assembly and by many countries from all continents, the declaration affirms.

"That a country has demonstrated, through its exemplary resistance against decades of sanctions, its capacity to confront the imperialism of its large neighbor and U.S. capitalist interests, is something unacceptable to them," it stresses.

In this year 2026, the administration of President Donald Trump has taken multiple additional steps to eliminate this affront to its power, which nonetheless poses no threat to it, the document emphasizes. One such measure was the oil blockade that plunges the Caribbean nation into an unprecedented economic and humanitarian crisis. Additionally, the White House has launched accusations against Cuban leaders under security pretexts, and military maneuvers dangerously approach the island, the call highlights.

The United States seems to want to finish off the Cuban issue, although international solidarity with the island is strengthening in the face of this threat, the movement underscored.