Details have emerged of a draft new EU strategy to raise the prospects of "self-determination" for people living in Cuba, but a meeting of EU diplomats on Wednesday (6 June) saw ongoing Spanish opposition to giving the document any official status.
The draft strategy, prepared by the German EU presidency on 9 February, is designed to replace the existing EU line on Cuba agreed back in 1996. The potential policy shift is timed to address questions arising out of 80-year old Cuban dictat...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.