Na sequência da resolução aprovada pelo Parlamento Europeu, do posicionamento da UE saído da reunião informal de Ministros de Negócios Estrangeiros do passado dia 31 de Janeiro, e das posições que hoje assumiram vários governos da UE, entre os quais Portugal, os deputados do PCP no Parlamento Europeu promoveram a elaboração de uma carta dirigida ao Conselho Europeu, à presidência do Conselho da União Europeia e às Representações Permanentes em Bruxelas dos 28 Estados-Membros, que recolheu as assinaturas de 40 deputados de quatro grupos políticos no Parlamento Europeu e onze países, rejeitando uma estratégia de ingerência, exigindo o respeito pelo direito internacional.
Letter in defence of a political dialogue in Venezuela, guaranteeing that Latin America and the Caribe remains a Zone of Peace.
Brussels, 04 February 2019
To the:
President of the European Council
Presidency of the Council of the EU
Permanent Representations of the EU Member States
In copy:
President of the European Commission
President of the European Parliament
We, the undersigned MEPs, are addressing you in order to condemn any expression of support provided to the ongoing coup attempt in Venezuela, as portrayed by the self-proclamation of Juan Guaidó as ‘Interim President’ of the country. This self-proclamation finds no background in the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and was rejected at least by the Organisation of American States, the UN Security and Humans Rights Council, and
the CARICOM.
The recognition of such self-proclamation, constitutes a severe threat to international law and the UN Charter, namely in what concerns to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of a Sovereign State.
The EU institutions and Member States must not undermine the integrity of international law and of multilateralism. Such position would only contribute to the further destabilisation and escalation of violence in a sovereign and independent country, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, thus deepening the risk of a foreign military intervention at the cost of the suffering and lives of the people of Venezuela, with unpredictable consequences both internallyand in the South America and Caribbean region. The EU institutions and Member States must commit to a position that, in respect of basic principles of International Law, affirm the need for a peaceful political solution built through political a peaceful dialogue, free from external interferences.
As such, we urge the EU Member States and the Council to embrace and support the joint invitation by Mexico and Uruguay, which reacting to the call of the UN Secretary General for dialogue, are calling for an International Conference on the 7th of February in Montevideo, aiming to establish the needed conditions for an inclusive political dialogue that could ease the tensions in Venezuela and seek solutions for a political exit of the current and
dangerous situation.
The undersigned,
Ana Miranda (Greens/EFA - Spain)
Ángela Vallina (GUE/NGL - Spain)
Barbara Spinelli (GUE/NGL - Italy)
Cornelia Ernst (GUE/NGL - Germany)
Eleonora Forenza (GUE/NGL - Italy)
Ernest Urtasun (Greens/EFA - Spain)
Estefanía Torres (GUE/NGL - Spain)
Gabi Zimmer (GUE/NGL - Germany)
Georgi Pirinski (S&D - Bulgaria)
Helmut Scholz (GUE/NGL - Germany)
Igor Soltes (Greens/EFA - Eslovenia)
Javier Couso (GUE/NGL - Spain)
João Ferreira (GUE/NGL - Portugal)
João Pimenta Lopes (GUE/NGL - Portugal)
Josep-Maria Terricabras (Greens/EFA - Spain)
Liadh Ní Riada (GUE/NGL - Ireland)
Lídia Senra (GUE/NGL - Spain)
Letter in defence of a political dialogue in Venezuela, guaranteeing that Latin America and the Caribe remains a
Zone of Peace.
Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL - Ireland)
Lynn Boylan (GUE/NGL - Ireland)
Matt Carthy (GUE/NGL - Ireland)
Marie-Pierre Vieu (GUE/NGL - France)
Marina Albiol Guzman (GUE/NGL - Spain)
Martina Anderson (GUE/NGL - Ireland)
Martina Michels (GUE/NGL - Germany)
Martin Schirdewan (GUE/NGL-Germany)
Miguel Viegas (GUE/NGL - Portugal)
Miguel Urban (GUE/NGL - Spain)
Molly Scott Cato (Greens/EFA - United Kingdom)
Neoklis Sylikiotis (GUE/NGL - Cyprus)
Nikolaos Chountis (GUE/NGL - Greece)
Paloma Lopez (GUE/NGL - Spain)
Patricia Lalonde (ALDE - France)
Patrick Le Hyaric (GUE/NGL - France)
Sabine Lösing (GUE/NGL - Germany)
Sofia Sakorafa (GUE/NGL - Greece)
Soraya Post (S&D - Sweden)
Tania González (GUE/NGL - Spain)
Thomas Händel (GUE/NGL - Germany)
Xabier Benito (GUE/NGL - Spain)
Younous Omarjee (GUE/NGL - France)
