On Thursday 29 February, with 285 votes in favour, 172 against and 46 abstentions, MEPs adopted a resolution on the “critical” situation in Cuba.
Over 70% of MEPs from the EPP and Renew Europe groups voted in favour of the text, while members of the S&D, Greens/EFA and The Left groups were overwhelmingly opposed.
With this resolution, the European Parliament denounces in particular “the alarming increase in the number of political prisoners” and condemns “the systematic violations...