The foreign ministers of the 27 EU member states agreed on 22 July to add 37 individuals to the list of individuals subject to EU sanctions; four companies were also added to the list. In a joint statement, the EU foreign ministers described the re-election of Mugabe as "illegitimate" and said that the new sanctions were directed "against those responsible for the campaign of violence that marked the elections"; they also said that additional action would follow if Mugabe remained in power. The foreign ministers also decided to further restrict Mugabe's ability to travel to EU countries; to travel there, he would need the approval of all EU member states, rather than a majority, as was previously the case."Zimbabwe power-sharing talks begin, as EU slaps sanctions on Mugabe supporters", Reuters and the Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), 22 July 2008. According to The Herald, the EU's list of individuals subject to sanctions "was arrived at through 'malicious' submissions to the EU by some locals intending to settle personal scores.""Two More Added to EU Sanctions List", The Herald (allAfrica.com), 25 July 2008. On 23 July, Angolan Foreign Minister João Bernardo de Miranda urged the EU to lift the sanctions, saying that they could interfere with negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC."Lift Sanctions, Angola Tells EU", The Herald (allAfrica.com), 24 July 2008.
