A group of five congressmen for European People's Party (EPP) just started a visit to Venezuela in order to learn first-hand about the demise of a broadcast license for private TV channel Radio Caracas Televisión, ahead of a motion they are to propose at the European Parliament, AFP reported.

Fernando Fernández, José García-Margallo, José Ribeiro, Sergio Marques and Daniel Hannan landed in Wednesday.

The European deputies have met with multiple opposition political parties and also with RCTV CEO Marcel Granier.

They will also appear at the National Assembly (AN) to hold a meeting with AN chair Cilia Flores.

The crew plans to propose next May 24th at the European Parliament a motion against RCTV closure.