BRUSSELS—Venezuela’s Juan Guaido is a “privileged interlocutor” but no longer considered interim president, European Union states said in a statement on Monday, sticking by their decision to downgrade his status. The EU’s 27 states had said on Jan. 6 they could no longer legally recognize Guaido as interim president after he lost his position as head of parliament following legislative elections in Venezuela in December, despite the EU not recognizing that vote. Following the disputed re-election of President Nicolas Maduro in 2018, Guaido, as head of parliament, became interim president. Guaido is still seen by the United States and Britain as Venezuela’s rightful leader. The status of interim president gives Guaido access to funds confiscated from Maduro by Western governments, as well as affording him access to top officials and supporting his pro-democracy movement domestically and internationally. The 27 EU members said in a joint statement that he was part …