Merkel calls for new elections in Venezuela | Defined …

The path of dialogue to resolve the political and economic crisis of Venezuela continues to strengthen 10 days after the self-proclamation of Juan Guiadó, supported by the United States and allied countries of the region, including Argentina . The government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that he did not want a "new regime" in the Caribbean country, but that it would favor the holding of free elections, while the leader of the British Labor Party, Jeremy Corbyn, was more emphatic to hold the rejection "outside interference in Venezuela, whether it comes from the United States or any other place".

"We do not want an escalation of the conflict" and "Venezuelans should be able to speak freely," said Merkel as two definitions: stand out from the tough position advocated by the White House trying to replace the president Nicolás Maduro, with the support of the OAS, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, among other allies of Latin America. Although the German Chancellor hinted that he did not recognize the legitimacy of the elections of last year in which Maduro had been re-elected, for which he called for elections "under the conditions", he also ruled out support open to Guaidó and called for the continuation of the elections. with "diplomatic efforts".

In this sense, the spokesperson of the German government, Steffen Seibert, badured that the goal of Germany was "to help improve the drastic situation" of the Venezuelan population and not of " promote regime change ". "Our interest and that of our partners in the EU," said Seibert.

Federica Mogherini, head of the EU's foreign policy, confirmed yesterday the creation of a contact group between the countries of Europe and Latin America – Uruguay, Mexico, Bolivia and other non-aligned countries to the White House – to open a dialogue between the Chavez government and the opposition, for a period of 90 days, with the l? objective set in a new call for elections. Mogherini has formalized after the first meeting, still informal, between representatives of Latin America and Europe: France, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and Sweden .

In a contradictory manner, yesterday the European Parliament recognized Venezuela's self-appointed "president in charge" with 439 votes in favor, 104 against and 89 abstentions. Despite the vast majority who got the declaration promoted by the MEPs of the Spanish People's Party, the differences within each country seem to reinforce the path of dialogue.

"The future of Venezuela is the business of Venezuelans," said the British Labor Party chairman on Twitter in order to define the position of the English opposition. "We oppose external interference in Venezuela, whether it comes from the United States or from any other place," added the Labor Party leader.

In yesterday's vote in the European Parliament, MEPs from the UK were the block that added more votes against Guaidó's self-designation with the Italians. However, the position of the British government, led by Theresa May, is getting closer to the US-marked axis. British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt ignored the "illegitimate" elections that re-elected him in Maduro and urged economic sanctions against Chavan government officials. "Dialogue is the way to find a negotiated solution to overcome this crisis," said Corbyn.