Italy Blocks EU Position in Recognizing Venezuela’s Opposition Leader

• PressTV Published on Feb 5, 2019
  Italy has blocked a joint EU position to recognize Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president. Eleven countries of the bloc recognized Guaido after President Nicolas Maduro ignored their demand to call a new election. But Italy rejected a draft EU statement on the issue. The Five-Star movement, a party to Italy’s coalition government, described sanctions on Venezuela as a pretext for military intervention. It said Italy will never recognize people who appoint themselves president. The European Parliament has called on Italy to change its position.

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