FILE PHOTO: Conservative member of the European Parliament David McAllister answers questions during a Reuters interview in Berlin, Germany, June 6, 2016. REUTERS/Joachim Herrmann/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro must step down and allow the country's congress to lead the country back to democracy, one of the European Parliament's most senior lawmakers said on Thursday, taking a tougher stance than EU foreign ministers.
"President Maduro has lost any legitimacy to lead his country. He needs to step aside," David McAllister, a German conservative who chairs the parliament's foreign affairs committee, said in a statement.
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