Thank you, thank you for the question. My question is on Venezuela. Is there any news about Venezuela?

Commissioner Lahbib said last week in the plenary session in the Parliament in Strasbourg that,

The high rep would be putting the lifting of sanctions up for discussion. Is this happening? Is this happening this week? Thank you. Question for Anouar. Thank you for the question.

The Venezuela is not on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council, if that was your question, so from that perspective, no, but let me recall here our sanctions policy in general vis a vis Venezuela,

but also in general terms our sanctions, EU sanctions on Venezuelan individuals are not an end in themselves but a tool to encourage respect for democracy,

human rights and the rule of law.

Their application is reviewed regularly, taking into account tangible and verifiable progress in these areas.

That's what I can say on the matter, but if you have any specific angle, I'm happy to take it either here or bilaterally. Other questions for Anouar on foreign affairs? Yes, go ahead. Thank you Silvia Yusuf's newspaper. It's still on Venezuela.

I know that it's not on the agenda, but at some point, I think it was in February,

Spain said they wanted to propose the lifting of sanctions for Delcy Rodríguez,

and the High Representative said she would propose something on this, so. Why is there a reason?

I know there are exemptions, so she could eventually, because she might be traveling to Spain by the end of the year for a summit, so she could,

even if she's sanctioned as she did in July 2023 for the SLAC summit here,

but I'm just on the gesture, is there any, why has there been no proposal? Is there a reasoning for that? Thank you, Sylvia.

This is not what has been said, and allow me to go further into specifics.

Indeed, in February, basically the issue was touched on,

and what I can tell you is that the High Representative proposed a revision of the current sanctions with the aim of initiating discussions and building consensus among EU Member States.

As you all know, any decision is to be made by Member States and this by unanimity.

Exchanges are ongoing at the level of the Council.

Other questions for Anouar. Yes, go ahead if it's very much.