France, Spain and the United Kingdom have recognized Juan Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela

The French, Spanish, British and Swedish governments appointed Monday the acting president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, President of the National Assembly, with the order to call presidential electionsafter having expired the mandate that several European countries had given to Nicolás Maduro.

"We consider that today the President of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, whose legitimacy is perfectly recognized, is authorized to call presidential elections"said the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in an interview with the station France Inter.

Shortly after, the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, also announced Monday that Guaidó is officially recognized as "president in charge".

As for London, Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt also spoke on his Twitter account. "Maduro has not called for a presidential election within the 8 days we have set. The United Kingdom and its European allies now recognize Juan Guaidó as constitutional president until credible elections can be organized, "he wrote.

Drian added that France will consult other European countries Monday on the recognition of Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela. On Sunday, the ultimatum that France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom had proposed to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has expired. to call presidential elections on pain of recognizing Guaidó.

Asked about the possibility of an official recognition by the European Union of Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela, Drian left the door open.

"We will contact our European colleagues to reformulate this request and create a contact group to support the transition, so that this is possible, with the European countries that wish to join."he said.

"The country (Venezuela) is bloodless, there are a lot of refugees, there is oppression, there is terrible inflation, people are on the street", he added.

European countries – to which we added Sunday Austria – imposed the deadline eight days ago, warning that if Maduro did not accept elections, they would be added to the recognition already granted to Guaidó by the United States, Canada and a dozen Latin American countries of the Lima group.

Continuing his offensive, Guaidó announced that he would ask the European Union (EU) "humanitarian aid and the protection of Venezuelan badets", to financially block the Maduro government, which is already facing the freezing of accounts and badets of the Nation in the United States.

The Foreign Ministers of the Lima Group will meet in Ottawa on Monday at 2:00 pm (Paris time) to confirm their support for Guaidó and evaluate further pressure measures on Maduro. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will participate by videoconference.

Sunday, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, telephoned the opponent to reaffirm he says on Twitter "supports the people of Venezuela in the peaceful transition to democracy".

Guaidó, 35, was sworn in as president on 23 January after the US Congress declared Maduro "an usurper" after taking a second term on 10 January that he considers illegitimate – as part of the international community – to lead to "fraudulent elections."

Challenge Maduro, Guaidó prepares the device for the arrival of humanitarian aid to the country, that the president considers the door to a military intervention of the United States.

According to Guaidóa "national and international coalition with three collection centers" will be createdand medicines and food in neighboring Colombia and Brazil and on a Caribbean island.

He is also the leader of the parliament of the majority of the opposition He announced that there would be a mobilization to ask the army to let this help come in.