A position the EU has taken since… last year? See https://www.politico.eu/article/european-union-not-recognize-venezuela-election-result-nicolas-maduro/

So, you could hardly expect her to diverge from that earlier position.

Heh, as a European, that is pretty spot on.

To me it fundamentally reads like “Maduro is illegitimate” equals -5 and what the US is doing is violating international norms (yes, we still are pretending those exist) and that equals -3, and they are both negatives. But now we are arguing perception, which may be less than useful.

In between all the tankie Sputnik and RT posts here? Yes, because it suggests that she effectively legitimised it while she went out of her way not to do so is misrepresenting it.

Weaseling is what diplomats get paid for. So, le meh.

It is wrong in the sense that merely bringing up the need to adhere to international law and non-violence is, in that context, the same thing as saying this is illegitimate.

Because both the EU’s internal dynamics and its current dependency on the USA does not allow for speaking more clearly than this. This is about as good as it gets. Not a pretty sight on form, on substance she basically is treating them pretty similar. Am more livid on Von der Leyen preventing to call out Israel on its ongoing genocide than on this one.

If we are going for the Carl Schmitt approach, then yes, China’s constitution has been amended legitimately. As for Ukraine, it is difficult to see how that country should not been under martial law since it has been in a hot war since early 2022. Also, how do you organise free and open elections in the territories that are being occupied by the imperialist aggressor Russia?

“Under all circumstances, the principles of international law and the UN Charter must be respected. We call for restraint.”

Which is diplomat-speak for “can you please knock it off?”

Can we not have disinformation posts like these? Kallas’ response could have been stronger, correct, but she certainly implied that it was an illegitimate invasion.