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[Published: Monday September 13 2021]

 MEPs' Cuba trip foiled by US embargo

 
BRUSSELS, 13 Sept. - (ANA) - The European Parliament's in-house travel agency, CWT Global, is a US owned-company and therefore will not be able to book MEP flights to Cuba - because of the American embargo against Havana.
 
"This clearly raises the question of how the European Parliament could have chosen an agency, which is restricted in its activities by foreign legislation," said Tilly Metz, a Green MEP from Luxembourg, in a recent letter sent to European Parliament president David Sassoli.  - (ANA) -
 
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