Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said that MEPs from the EU wouldn't be granted access into the country | Spencer Platt/Getty Images Venezuela refuses entry to 4 MEPs over ‘conspiratorial motives’ EPP leader Manfred Weber says the regime ‘is scared of what foreign observers will see.’

Venezuela blocked four European People's Party (EPP) deputies from entering the country Sunday, accusing them of having “conspiratorial motives.”

The MEPs were traveling to Caracas to meet with opposition leader Juan Guaidó, after the European Parliament last month recognized him as the country’s interim head of state.

"They have retained our passports, they haven't communicated the reason for our expulsion," MEP Esteban González Pons said. Another MEP said in a video statement that this action would "undoubtedly have consequences."

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said the MEPs had been advised several days ago that they would not be allowed into the country. Venezuela would “not permit the European extreme-right to disturb the peace and stability of the country with another of its rude, interventionist actions,” he said.

EPP leader Manfred Weber said the regime of President Nicolás Maduro "is scared of what foreign observers will see," adding he expects "the EU to act immediately and recognise Juan Guaido as the legitimate president of the country."

Guaidó declared himself Venezuela's interim president on January 23 in an attempt to oust Maduro. Guaidó has said that Maduro's reelection last year was rigged and that there was therefore no democratically elected president available.

Guaidó has since urged Western powers, including the EU, to keep up pressure on Maduro in order to bring about elections in Venezuela within four weeks.

The MEPs flew into Madrid this morning, said a spokesperson for one of the deputies.