In a resolution approved by 283 votes to 199 and 85 abstentions, MEPs say that after five decades of a communist regime Cuba is close to being a failed state. They stress that the current humanitarian emergency -89% of families living in extreme poverty- is “not the product of any external embargo but the direct consequence of the regime’s own model and failures”.

End repression, release all political prisoners

Noting that Cuba was holding a record 1,281 political prisoners at the end of May 2026, including minors, Parliament denounces the brutal and relentless repression as the only mechanism keeping the regime alive. MEPs demand the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners and of all persons arbitrarily detained for exercising their fundamental rights, including minors, an end to torture and ill-treatment, and full reparation for the victims of torture.

EU sanctions, suspension of the EU-Cuba cooperation agreement

The resolution urges the EU to adopt…