Since the European Union signed a cooperation and dialogue agreement with the Castro dictatorship in 2016, repression in Cuba has not lessened, but increased, thanks in part to cash flowing from the EU to the regime. It is time for the EU to scrap this farcical agreement and stop funding repression in communist Cuba.

Björn Söder and others have written an opoen letter to the EU via The European Conservative:

Open Letter: It is Time to End the PDCA and Stop Financing the Cuban Regime

The Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) between the European Union and the communist regime in Cuba was signed on the 12th of December in 2016 and was approved by the Parliament on the 5th of July in 2017. After that, all EU member states, except Lithuania, have ratified the agreement.

The agreement has not led to improvements of the situation of the human rights in Cuba. On the contrary, there are today over 1,400 political prisoners in Cuba. The communist dictatorship in Cuba has denied its people the most basic civil liberties and rights for over six decades. This same regime has served as an enthusiastic Soviet and Russian proxy, actively participating in foreign interventions from Angola to now Ukraine. In addition to this, the Havana regime has actively worked to undermine democracy in the entire region, having a direct role in propping up dictatorships in Venezuela and Nicaragua...