Brussels, 15/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - A Council work groups, consisting of national experts from the 25 Member States, is expected to meet up on Tuesday in Brussels to discuss a possible revision of EU diplomatic sanctions against Cuba imposed in 2003, following the arrest and sentencing of 75 dissidents to heavy prison sentences and the execution of three Cubans who were attempting to escape to the USA. European diplomatic sanctions involve the reduction to a minimum of political contacts with the Cuban government and to systematically invite Cuban dissidents during Member States national celebration days. Spain and the United Kingdom have been calling for these measures to be lifted. Sanctions have certainly allowed for greater visibility and international recognition of Cuban dissidents but, according to these two countries, they are beginning to damage the interests of the EU in Cuba. Germany, the Netherlands and most of the ten new Member States are opposed to getting rid of the sanctions. Visiting Spain last wee, Chancellor Schröder underlined that conditions for lifting sanctions against Cuba were not yet propitious, whereas his Spanish counterpart José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero described the sanctions as not very effective.