The European Parliament called for new EU sanctions aimed directly at Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, as well as the activation of the democracy clause of the Association Agreement between the EU and Central America applicable since 2013, in a resolution adopted on Thursday 16 December (619 votes in favour, 25 votes against, 41 abstentions).
During the plenary debate, Leopold López Gil (EPP, Spain), Javi López (S&D, Spain) and Tilly Metz (Greens/EFA, Luxembourg) denounced the...