The Venezuelan opposition urged the European Union to order the positions of its members on the Maduro regime

Former Venezuelan opposition congressman Freddy Guevara, in a file photograph. EFE/ Miguel Gutierrez

A delegation from the Venezuelan opposition held meetings in Brussels with representatives of the Council of the European Union and the Foreign Action Service (SEAE), with the aim of demanding that the bloc try to “order” the positions of the Twenty-seven in relation to Venezuela. .

The leader Freddy Guevara, a member of Voluntad Popular and attending these meetings, confirmed to Europa Press his appointments with the Council group in charge of relations with Latin America and also with members of the diplomatic office headed by Josep Borrell.

The objective is “that there are no individual agendas” within the member states, but a “general strategic vision” on what the policies towards the Nicolás Maduro regime should be, said Guevara, who also participated on Sunday in another meeting in Madrid with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.

Guevara explained that, with the EU, they feel “quite aligned”, although now it remains to be “concretized”. European diplomatic sources consulted by Europa Press, however, prefer not to comment on “low-level” meetings, as is the usual practice in meetings that do not involve the High Representative.

The stops in Madrid and Brussels are part of a broader European tour that also includes stops in Paris and Berlin and with which the opposition to Maduro tries to probe the positions of the different governments, especially as a result of gestures such as those adopted from Spain, which recently appointed a new ambassador in Caracas.

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags in front of the European Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, December 24, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

This delegation, representative of the group that maintains open negotiations with Chavismo, maintains that no concession should be made to Maduro without some kind of progress in terms of democracy or respect for Human Rights in Venezuela.

A senior EU official said this month that, for the bloc, the political situation in Venezuela is “totally different” after the changes in recent months in the national sphere, including the dismissal of the president “in charge” Juan Guaidó as leader of the opposition National Assembly.

“I don’t know if the EU is going to adapt its policy, but there will be a reflection by the High Representative on it, what do you do when circumstances change?”, explained the senior official. Diplomatic sources explain that among the tools that the EU manages is to revive the Contact Group with Venezuela to resume relations with Caracas and try to influence a democratic solution to the crisis.

With information from Europa Press

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