The Ultimatum of Spain and France in Maduro

"First of all, we recognize the legitimacy of the National Assembly of Venezuela and, secondly, we call for the immediate holding of clean, democratic and transparent elections in Venezuela."said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

Sanchez announced that this Friday the Spanish government has raised "recognition by the European Union and its 28 member states of Juan Guaidó as president of Venezuela to fulfill the task of immediately holding elections in Venezuela."

"If, within eight days, no call for fair, free and transparent elections is launched in Venezuela, Spain will recognize Juan Guaidó as president of Venezuela"Sanchez said.

Spain keeps "a clear position shared with the vast majority of the EU Member States": "We are not trying to set up or overthrow governments in Venezuela, we want democracy and free elections in Venezuela, we want fair, free, transparent and democratic elections in Venezuela. "

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, gave a similar speech: "The Venezuelan people should be able to decide their future freely, without elections announced in eight days, we could recognize @jguaido as" president in charge "of Venezuela to implement this political process, we are collaborating with our European allies."Macron said via Twitter in two messages, one in French and the other in Spanish.