The European Union has announced that it cannot recognize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s recent re-election, citing the lack of official voting records from the country’s electoral authority.

In a statement released on Sunday, the EU Council declared that the results published by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council on August 2 are not credible due to the failure to release complete official voting records. The EU warned that any further delays in publishing these records would only increase skepticism about the election’s legitimacy.

While the U.S. and several other countries have recognized opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the legitimate president-elect, the EU has not taken this step. The EU’s statement highlighted that independent reviews of electoral records from the opposition suggest Gonzalez Urrutia won by a significant margin.

The EU has called for further independent verification of the election results by a reputable international entity and urged Venezuelan authorities to end arbitrary detentions, repression, and violent rhetoric against opposition members and civil society. The EU also demanded the release of all political prisoners.