Nobody will tell us if elections are being held or not

Unlike the United States, Canada or several countries of Latin America, the EU has not yet explicitly recognized the self-proclamation of Guaidó Last Wednesday, he reiterated his call for new elections in Venezuela, which could justify a decision now.

This Saturday, three positions were known almost simultaneously. Germany is willing to recognize Guaidó as "interim president" if free elections can not be organized "quickly"Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokeswoman said.

Almost at the same time, Spain has given President Nicolás Maduro an eight-day ultimatum to call elections and, if he does not, he will recognize the opposition leader as "president". in charge"..

"If, within eight days, no call for fair, free and transparent elections is launched in Venezuela, Spain will recognize Guaidó as president of Venezuela"said the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in a televised presentation to the press.

In the same sense, the French president Emmanuel Macron he said his country could recognize Guaidó as "president in charge" if elections are not convened within this period.

"The Venezuelan people should be able to freely decide their future, and without elections announced in eight days, we could recognize @jguaido as" president in charge "of Venezuela to implement this political process."wrote Macron in a tweet in French and Spanish.

A few hours later, Venezuela rejected warnings to the UN. "Where do you find (…) who can give an ultimatum to a sovereign government?"asked the Chancellor Jorge Arreaza at a special session of the Security Council on Venezuela. "No one will give us deadlines, or tell us if elections are made or not", he said.

The European Union has also announced that "will go to action" if there are no elections "in the coming days", although notwhere they all share the same line. Greece, led by the far left party Syriza, would favor waiting and looking for a dialogue between the parties through a contact group.

The 28 have always considered that the presidential election of May 2018, which had led Maduro to re-elect in January, was not democratic. The EU recognizes the legitimacy of its results and the ruling Constituent Assembly, which has approved the holding of these elections.