EU political strategy on Latin America

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Rejected

   Paragraph 11

   Tabled by Mariusz Kamiński, Carlo Fidanza, Adam Bielan +72 · Members

   … state that the regime holds over a thousand political prisoners, including minors, Added: often in severe conditions and without contact with their families, including opposition leaders José Daniel Ferrer García and Félix Navarro Rodríguez, and urges the Cuban regime to release them without delay; calls for the Removed: use of all necessary available instruments, without exclusion of any, to ensure compliance with the democratic and human rights clauses Added: suspension of the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA); Added: calls on the European External Action Service to ensure that no EU funds reach the regime, either directly or indirectly, and requests that the European Court of Auditors conduct a review of PDCA-related and other funds; reiterates its call for the Council to adopt sanctions against those responsible …

2. Amendment 3Rejected

   Paragraph 14 b (new)

   Tabled by Carlo Fidanza, Adam Bielan, Mariusz Kamiński +72 · Members

   Added: 14b. Condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the assassination of Senator Uribe; underlines that this serious attack also represents an attack on democracy and stresses that Uribe’s assassination is not an isolated tragedy, but part of a wider climate of political intimidation and violence in Colombia; underlines that without directly addressing the role of the Cártel de los Soles and the complicity of Venezuelan state actors in facilitating drug trafficking and providing sanctuary to armed groups, Colombia’s internal security, peacebuilding and democratic efforts will remain severely undermined; welcomes, in this regard, the decision by the United States and several Latin American countries to designate the Cártel de los Soles as a terrorist organisation; calls for the Cártel de los Soles to be added to the EU’s list of terrorist organisations;