On Thursday 28 March, the European Parliament called for “additional sanctions” from the European Union aimed at “illegal assets held abroad by public authorities and persons responsible for human rights violations and repression”, in Venezuela, in a resolution prepared by the EPP, ALDE and ECR groups and inspired by an initial text by the Christian Democrats (see EUROPE B12222A25).
The text, which MEPs adopted by a comfortable majority (310 votes in favour, 120 against, 152...