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Without referring to those who tabled the amendment to the EU Common Position, in the brutal terms of Vargas Llosa, I have no choice but to deplore and condemn this initiative outright.
Recalling Oswaldo Payá’s letter of 11 November, I feel that the firm ethical position adopted by the EU on human rights breaches in Cuba cannot be ‘diluted’ without it coming across as an embarrassing surrender. If the EU intends to take on the role of promoter and defender of civil liberties and human rights, it has no choice but to condemn a totalitarian regime that not only brazenly challenges the international order but also chokes its own people.
Naturally, we want dialogue with Cuba. We look forward to Cuba at least returning to the difficult, yet hopeful time of December 2002, when Oswaldo Payá was able to come to Strasbourg to receive the Sakharov Prize. For this to happen, however, it is Fidel Castro and his regime that needs to change, and urgently.
I voted in favour of the proposal by the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, of which I was one of the authors, which is the proposal that best conveys this line of thinking.
In spite of the appalling attacks by the left, the plenary remained clearly on the side of freedom. This is reason to be pleased and hopeful."@en1
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