. – Jag har röstat för det gemensamma resolutionsförslaget om Kuba, men det finns ett antal betydelsefulla fakta som saknas i den politiska kontexten. ###>I also believe, however, that foreign policy is a national matter and that multilateral channels, such as the UN, are the only acceptable alternative for influencing countries not in the immediate vicinity of the EU. For the above-mentioned reasons, I have voted against the resolution.