EU to impose arms embargo on Venezuela, lays basis for sanctions: diplomatsBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is set to impose an arms embargo on Venezuela and will consider further sanctions in response to the political crisis in the South American country, two EU diplomats said. The measures will bring the EU more into line with the United States, which imposed sanctions earlier this year, and they signal a change of tone in Brussels, which had previously  resisted taking a tougher approach toward Caracas.  The steps were approved today, paving the way for approval (by the bloc s foreign ministers) next Monday,  an EU diplomat said, adding that the ministers  backing was a formality. Spain has long pushed for sanctions on those close to President Nicolas Maduro, whom Washington accuses of installing a dictatorship, but the EU has been divided over whom to target, while Britain is a significant arms supplier to Venezuela. Diplomats said the turning point for EU governments was regional elections that appeared to favor Maduro s ruling Socialists last month. Polls had suggested the opposition would easily win a majority but in the end it won only a handful of governorships, according to the pro-government electoral board. However, the decisions taken by EU ambassadors at a meeting on Wednesday only prepare the legal basis for sanctions, without any names. Travel bans and asset freezes would only be imposed on Venezuelan officials  should the evolution of the situation require it , a second EU diplomat said. Once approved, the arms embargo will be accompanied by a ban on exports of equipment that could be used for internal repression and of surveillance equipment, the diplomats said. Critics said it was hypocritical for the bloc to target Venezuela while European countries sold weapons to Saudi Arabia.   The idea of imposing an arms embargo on Venezuela while refusing to impose one on Saudi Arabia is beyond parody, not least because of Saudi Arabia s murderous assault on Yemen, which has created one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in the world,  said U.S. philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky.  But it is easily understandable on the assumption that principles and values are intended for oratorical flourishes, while what matters is tens of billions of dollars in arms sales,  Chomsky said in an email to Reuters. Saudi Arabia intervened militarily in Yemen s civil war starting in 2015, attacking Houthi militia and loyalists of a former president said to be supported by Iran. The war has killed more than 10,000 people. worldnews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: EU to impose arms embargo on Venezuela, lays basis for sanctions: diplomatsBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is set to impose an arms embargo on Venezuela and will consider further sanctions in response to the political crisis in the South American country, two EU diplomats said. The measures will bring the EU more into line with the United States, which imposed sanctions earlier this year, and they signal a change of tone in Brussels, which had previously  resisted taking a tougher approach toward Caracas.  The steps were approved today, paving the way for approval (by the bloc s foreign ministers) next Monday,  an EU diplomat said, adding that the ministers  backing was a formality. Spain has long pushed for sanctions on those close to President Nicolas Maduro, whom Washington accuses of installing a dictatorship, but the EU has been divided over whom to target, while Britain is a significant arms supplier to Venezuela. Diplomats said the turning point for EU governments was regional elections that appeared to favor Maduro s ruling Socialists last month. Polls had suggested the opposition would easily win a majority but in the end it won only a handful of governorships, according to the pro-government electoral board. However, the decisions taken by EU ambassadors at a meeting on Wednesday only prepare the legal basis for sanctions, without any names. Travel bans and asset freezes would only be imposed on Venezuelan officials  should the evolution of the situation require it , a second EU diplomat said. Once approved, the arms embargo will be accompanied by a ban on exports of equipment that could be used for internal repression and of surveillance equipment, the diplomats said. Critics said it was hypocritical for the bloc to target Venezuela while European countries sold weapons to Saudi Arabia.   The idea of imposing an arms embargo on Venezuela while refusing to impose one on Saudi Arabia is beyond parody, not least because of Saudi Arabia s murderous assault on Yemen, which has created one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in the world,  said U.S. philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky.  But it is easily understandable on the assumption that principles and values are intended for oratorical flourishes, while what matters is tens of billions of dollars in arms sales,  Chomsky said in an email to Reuters. Saudi Arabia intervened militarily in Yemen s civil war starting in 2015, attacking Houthi militia and loyalists of a former president said to be supported by Iran. The war has killed more than 10,000 people. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: eu impose arms embargo venezuela lays basis sanctions diplomatsbrussels reuters the european union set impose arms embargo venezuela consider sanctions response political crisis south american country two eu diplomats said the measures bring eu line united states imposed sanctions earlier year signal change tone brussels previously resisted taking tougher approach toward cracks the steps approved today paving way approval bloc foreign ministers next monday eu diplomat said adding ministers backing formality spain long pushed sanctions close president nicolas maduro washington accuses installing dictatorship eu divided target britain significant arms supplier venezuela diplomats said turning point eu governments regional elections appeared favor maduro ruling socialists last month polls suggested opposition would easily win majority end handful governorship according electoral board however decisions taken eu ambassadors meeting wednesday prepare legal basis sanctions without names travel bans asset freezes would imposed venezuela officials evolution situation require second eu diplomat said once approved arms embargo accompanied ban exports equipment could used internal repression surveillance equipment diplomats said critics said hypocritical bloc target venezuela european countries sold weapons saudi arabia the idea imposing arms embargo venezuela refusing impose one saudi arabia beyond parody least saudi arabia murderous assault yemen created one worst humanitarian catastrophe world said philosopher activist nom chomsky but easily understandable assumption principles values intended oratorical flourishes matters tens billions dollars arms sales chomsky said email reuters saudi arabia intervened militarily yemen civil war starting attacking south militia loyalists former president said supported iran the war killed people worldnews