On Wednesday 2 August, the EU repeated the fact that it would not recognise the new Venezuelan Constituent Assembly elected on 30 July. It called for the Assembly to be suspended and said that it was prepared to “gradually exert further pressure” on the country and its president, Nicolas Maduro.
In a statement on behalf of the EU28, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said that “the European Union and its member states deeply...