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Venezuela's pro-government Congress opposes European Union oversight of elections

Ten presidential candidates will participate in the upcoming presidential elections, according to the official ballot released by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela (Credit: Unsplash.com/Jonathan Méndez)

Venezuela's government-friendly Congress passed a motion to request the country's electoral body withdraw an invitation to the European Union to oversee the upcoming presidential elections.

The decision came after the EU lifted sanctions against four members of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), when Caracas had asked all members be impacted. The EU had agreed to lift some sanctions to increase chances of freer and fairer elections, but the reaction was not the one intended.

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