What changed
The resolution no longer recognises González as president but demands full voting results and respect for the election outcome. #6#7 It adds support for regional governments and international efforts, and welcomes Spain's asylum decision for González. #8#10 It softens the call for an ICC arrest warrant, asking instead for investigations and accountability. #9 The other changes are formal: decimal commas replace decimal points. #1#2#3#4
5 changes of substance, plus 4 formaland1 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.
Change #6 Substance
Replaces the recognition of González as president with a demand for full voting results and respect for the election results.
1. Recognises Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate and democratically elected President of Venezuela; also recognises María Corina Machado as the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela, since she was elected at the primaries of the Unitary Platform in 2023 with 92.35 % of the vote;
1. Demands that Venezuela’s electoral authorities release full, transparent and detailed voting results, including results per polling station; calls on the Venezuelan authorities to respect the election results and the will of the Venezuelan people;
Change #7 Substance
Moves the recognition of González and Machado from paragraph 1 to paragraph 2, changing the addressee from the EU to Parliament itself.
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Change #8 Substance
Adds a new paragraph welcoming the role of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, and supporting international efforts; renumbers the condemnation paragraph.
8. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the murders, harassment, violations and arrests that have been perpetrated against the democratic opposition to the regime, the Venezuelan people and civil society; calls for an end to the systematic pattern of human rights violations; demands the immediate and unconditional release of all politically and arbitrarily detained persons, including foreign and EU nationals, as well as that compensation be provided to them and their families, while restoring their full civil and political rights; demands that the Maduro regime cease its policy of repression and attacks on civil society and the opposition;
8. Underlines and welcomes the role that the Governments of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are playing; supports all the efforts being made by the international community to find a peaceful, inclusive and democratic solution to the enduring Venezuelan crisis; supports the efforts made by Venezuela’s neighbouring countries to deal with the large number of refugees fleeing Venezuela;
9. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the murders, harassment, violations and arrests that have been perpetrated against the democratic opposition to the regime, the Venezuelan people and civil society; calls for an end to the systematic pattern of human rights violations; demands the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners and arbitrarily detained persons, and that compensation be provided to them and their families, while restoring their full civil and political rights; demands that the Maduro government cease its policy of repression and attacks on civil society and the opposition;
Change #9 Substance
Changes the call for an ICC arrest warrant to a call for the ICC to include violations in its investigations and hold those responsible to account.
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Change #10 Substance
Adds a new paragraph condemning the arrest warrant for González and highlighting Spain's decision to welcome him.
13. Strongly condemns the Venezuelan Government’s issuance of an arrest warrant for Edmundo González; highlights the Spanish Government’s decision to welcome Mr González in Spain with the aim of granting him political asylum upon his request, which will make it possible to protect him as well as to maintain a viable perspective for a resolution to the political impasse;