In the plenary session debate on 3 July, a large majority of MEPs gave their support for a stronger role for the European Union in Venezuela, in both humanitarian aid and through the imposition of fresh sanctions as well as in its role as international mediator.
MEPs turned to Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Commissioner Christos Stylianides to call for an increase in European aid both to Venezuela and to the countries bordering it, which are taking in its refugees. “Colombians...