The Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement has provided millions of euros of European taxpayer money to Cuba.

Omissions

• The EEAS data covers EU cooperation with Cuba since 1988, while the PDCA was only signed in December 2016 and provisionally applied from November 2017. A significant portion of the EUR 300 million cited predates the PDCA itself, though the PDCA is the current governing framework for EU-Cuba relations.
• The claim uses the politically charged term 'dictatorship' to describe Cuba; this is a political characterisation, not a factual claim subject to verification.
• The MEP does not specify a time period or precise amount, using the imprecise term 'millions of euros', which understates the actual magnitude: the EU has in fact provided hundreds of millions of euros.

Sources

• PrimaryEEAS (European External Action Service)Since 1988, the European Union has funded with around EUR 300 million more than 200 cooperation projects in the country. Some 80 projects worth EUR 155 million are currently ongoing, prioritising the sectors of sustainable agriculture and food security, renewable energy and economic modernisation. Since then, more than EUR 94 million have been granted for humanitarian aid actions on the island.
• PrimaryEEAS (European External Action Service)Since development cooperation was resumed in 2008, the European Union has committed more than EUR 200 million to support Cuba's development in three priority sectors.