“We cannot recognise the legitimacy of Mr Maduro as the elected president”, even though he will remain “the de factopresident” of Venezuela, declared the High Representative of the European Union, Josep Borrell, on Thursday 29 August, at the end of the informal meeting of European foreign affairs ministers.
According to Mr Borrell, it is now “too late” to continue to ask the Venezuelan authorities to provide proof of victory in the re-election of President Nicolás Maduro by...