A European source has told EUROPE that the European Union foreign ministers are expected to adopt sanctions against the Venezuelan regime next Monday 13 November, thus confirming news from Spanish news agency, Europapress.
According to this source, the ministers are expected to impose an arms embargo on Venezuela, and also a ban on exporting equipment that is likely to be used to crack down on the population and that is likely to be used for surveillance. Furthermore, the Council is expected to adopt the legal base enabling individual people to be sanctioned should there be need, the same source added. No individual is expected to be put on this list for 13 November, however.
While the working group was due to finalise the details of the legal acts on Monday 6 November, the ambassadors of the 28 EU member states are expected to approve the measures on Wednesday 8 November. The measures should then be adopted by the ministers on Monday 13 November, in addition to the conclusions on Venezuela.
The ambassadors of the Political and Security Committee gave their agreement on 11 October to work beginning on targeted sanctions. The objective is the resumption of dialogue between the regime and the opposition. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)