On Wednesday, presidential occupier Nicolas Maduro ordered the German ambassador, Daniel Kriener, to leave Venezuela.

Unlike the U.S., which has rightly refused to accept orders from Maduro since it recognized Juan Guaido as interim president in late January, and specifically refused Maduro’s order to close its embassy, Germany has blinked. Although Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has also recognized Guaido, it has agreed to follow Maduro’s fake orders.