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In the last 12 months, Juan Guaidó has been described in Europe as leader of the opposition, president of the National Assembly, as president in charge of Venezuela and even, by some, as president

in pectore

of Venezuela.

The EU, formally,

never took the step of recognizing him as head of the country

, despite the fact that almost two dozen countries took a step forward, as the veto of different partners made a single position unfeasible.

But since 2019 he

always spoke of the "

president in charge

"

and treated him as a mixture of opposition leader and the country's first democratic representative.

No longer.

The EU foreign ministers met today in Brussels and gave shape to the position already outlined a few weeks ago and in which it is confirmed, with reality in one hand and

more pragmatism than idealism

in the other, that things they've changed.

The opposition, the most important and representative part of it, did not appear in the elections of last December 6 to the National Assembly.

The EU, as it had warned, does not recognize these elections or their results and

regrets "the lost democratic opportunity

.

"

But despite this, the consequences for those who did not want to play the game of the Maduro regime are real and diplomatic.

Until that day,

Guaidó was considered an authority

, but as he was no longer part of the National Assembly, an unprecedented and difficult position to sustain was generated.

The EU does not recognize the vote and criticizes Nicolás Maduro, but upon losing his position, Guaidó is

no longer the "president in charge"

, that is, the person who in Brussels and the rest of the capitals is considered the only acceptable person to lead a process that it will lead to clean, free and transparent elections.

In a rather problematic statement,

the ministers have 'demoted' Guaidó to a "privileged interlocutor"

, but not even the only or the first.

"The EU reiterates its support for all those who work for a democratic future for Venezuela. The EU reiterates its calls for the guarantee of all political and civil rights, for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners, and for freedom and security. of all political opponents, in particular the representatives of the opposition parties elected to the 2015 National Assembly. And especially Juan Guaidó, as well as other representatives of the democratic opposition. The EU considers them important actors and privileged interlocutors and encourages the democratic opposition to adopt a unified position

with a view to an inclusive process of dialogue and negotiation "

, says the third point of the document of conclusions reached today in Brussels.

"Guaidó's leadership is recognized, a humanitarian response to the humanitarian problem is called for, and a boost is called for a political solution," summarized the Spanish Minister, Arancha González Laya.

"

What there is is a position taken by the 27

, all of them together and already outlined on January 7 and that has been repeated in this council. The position is quite clear and is the one that Spain maintains like the rest of the Member States We believe that it is important to look to the future and work in these three lines of support for the opposition, for the humanitarian response to a situation that is deteriorating and for promoting the political situation in the country, "she added when asked

if Spain has changed its position or if it maintains the consideration of Guaidó as president in charge

.

The European Parliament, in the umpteenth resolution on the issue, asked the capitals a few weeks ago to maintain their previous position and to continue treating Guaidó and those elected in 2015 as the legitimate interlocutors.

The only ones.

In the role of ministers, however, the EU asks all actors for "difficult compromises", calls on the opposition for a unique position and warns that "in view of the deterioration of the human rights situation, the rule of law and democracy in Venezuela, the EU is ready to adopt specific additional restrictive measures against those who undermine democracy or the rule of law and those responsible for serious human rights violations.

These measures are designed not to harm the Venezuelan population and may reverse

".

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