The resolution was approved by a narrow majority, with 283 votes in favour, 199 against and 85 abstentions, following an intense campaign of anti-Cuban propaganda and pressure inside the European Parliament (Check HERE what every MEP voted)
The text denounces what it calls “systematic repression” in Cuba and claims that the island is close to becoming a “failed state”. It demands the “immediate and unconditional” release of persons it describes as political prisoners, cites the figure of 1,281 detainees as of May 2026, and calls for a process of political and economic “transition”. In reality, behind this diplomatic language lies the old objective: to force Cuba to abandon the path chosen by its people and open the way for capitalist restoration, under the supervision of foreign powers and the Cuban counterrevolution abroad.
The most revealing part of the resolution is not its hypocritical concern for Cuban living conditions, but its political prescription. The European Parliament demands targeted EU sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and against the leadership of GAESA, the Cuban military-linked business group. It also calls for suspension of the EU-Cuba cooperation agreement if Havana does not take steps toward the “democratic transition” demanded by Brussels.
In other words, the European Parliament does not propose respect for Cuban sovereignty. It proposes blackmail.
The resolution even goes so far as to claim that Cuba’s current economic and humanitarian difficulties are “not the product of any external embargo” but the result of the country’s own model. This is perhaps the most cynical formulation in the entire text. The U.S. blockade is not a detail. It is not a footnote. It is the central mechanism of economic war against Cuba, reinforced by sanctions, financial persecution, restrictions on trade, intimidation of companies and banks, and the inclusion of Cuba on Washington’s arbitrary list of “state sponsors of terrorism”.
The same European Union that speaks of “human rights” has aligned itself with a policy that punishes an entire people. It condemns shortages while supporting the political framework that deepens them. It denounces hardship while refusing to confront the main external force that produces and aggravates it. It speaks of humanitarian aid while endorsing new coercive measures. This is not solidarity with the Cuban people. It is pressure for regime change.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) delegation in the European Parliament denounced the resolution and participated in a solidarity rally with Cuba outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg. KKE MEPs Kostas Papadakis and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos underlined the firm solidarity of the Greek people with the Cuban people, condemned the criminal U.S. blockade and declared clearly that Cuba is not alone.
The KKE also exposed the reactionary and dangerous character of the EU’s policy toward Cuba. According to Rizospastis, organ of the CC of the KKE, the resolution “provocatively whitewashes” the U.S. blockade, demands a new round of sanctions, issues threats against Cuba and launders the activity of criminal subversive elements acting against the Cuban people and their government.
This is the essence of the matter. The European Parliament is not acting as a neutral defender of rights. It is functioning as an auxiliary mechanism of imperialist pressure. Its resolution confirms the EU’s complicity in the aggressive plans of the United States against Cuba and its people.
The timing is not accidental. At a moment when Cuba faces severe economic difficulties, energy shortages and the ongoing consequences of the blockade, Brussels chooses not to demand an end to U.S. economic warfare but to add its own threats. The EU does not call for the lifting of sanctions. It calls for more. It does not defend the right of Cuba to develop without foreign interference. It demands “transition”. It does not condemn the forces that have tried for decades to suffocate the Revolution. It repeats their accusations.
The language may be European, but the script is American.
The resolution also exposes the hypocrisy of those who pretend to be guardians of democracy while maintaining strategic relations with states that commit far greater crimes when they serve EU, NATO or U.S. interests. The same political forces that tolerate or justify the crimes of Israel, the militarization of Europe and the escalation of imperialist interventions dare to lecture Cuba, a country that has resisted invasion, terrorism, sabotage, economic strangulation and diplomatic blackmail for more than sixty years.
Cuba’s enemies understand very well what is at stake. They are not simply attacking a government. They are attacking the historic example of a small country that, despite enormous difficulties, has refused to submit to U.S. domination. That is why the blockade continues. That is why the slanders continue. That is why every economic difficulty is turned into a weapon against the Revolution.
But the vote also showed something else: the anti-Cuban offensive did not pass without resistance. Nearly 200 MEPs voted against the resolution, while 85 abstained, despite the propaganda campaign and political pressure. Outside the Parliament, solidarity forces raised their voices in defense of Cuba. The KKE’s position was clear: hands off Cuba and its people.
The people of Cuba do not need lectures from the European Parliament. They need the end of the blockade. They need respect for their sovereignty. They need an end to foreign interference, sanctions and threats. They need solidarity from the workers and peoples of the world against the imperialist campaign that seeks to bend them.
The European Parliament’s resolution will be remembered as another shameful episode in the EU’s alignment with Washington’s anti-Cuban strategy. It confirms once again that behind the polished language of Brussels stand the same old objectives: pressure, destabilization and regime change.
Cuba is not alone! Hands off Cuba!
