Libya
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EU-Libya: Ashton’s service suspected of favoritism
23 May 201231 2PresseuropEUobserver.com, Rue89 -
Libya: Inquiry threatens European oil firms
10 April 2012104 1PresseuropCorriere della Sera, The Wall Street Journal Europe -
Diplomacy: Two weights, two measures
13 March 201263 Jyllands-Posten Aarhus -
Italy: ECHR condemns Libya immigrant deal
24 February 201250 7PresseuropIl Manifesto -
The front page: 13 January 2012
13 January 201225PresseuropTrouw, Die Tageszeitung, Népszava & 4 others -
European parliament: Sakharov prize for the Arab spring
14 December 201129PresseuropEl Mundo -
The front page: 29 November 2011
29 November 201120Presseurop -
Libya: Next
21 October 201154 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Libya : What next for Gaddafi’s billions?
21 October 2011PresseuropPúblico -
Libya : Cameron and Sarkozy lap up triumph
16 September 20111PresseuropLe Figaro -
Libya: A big cake
2 September 201196 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Libyan war: A time for accolades, and payback
2 September 2011PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Libya: Give and take
1 September 201173 Clarín Buenos Aires -
Press review: Libya: after the war, the oil scramble
1 September 2011327 1 Presseurop -
Editorial: Libya: an opportunity not to be missed
26 August 201122Presseurop -
Libya: France and Italy battle over reconstruction
26 August 2011PresseuropLa Stampa -
After the Libyan War: BHL: Why we were right to go in
26 August 201180 13 Le Point Paris -
After the Libyan war: We’ll be stuck in the sands
25 August 201190 1 The Independent London -
Libyan war: Thanks who?
24 August 201113 Le Temps Geneva -
Libyan war: Europe comes through its baptism of fire
24 August 201188 4 Le Figaro Paris -
Libya: Where did the EU money go?
24 August 201118 2PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Libya: The race for oil has begun
24 August 20111PresseuropDie Presse -
Libya: Succession
23 August 201138 Het Parool Amsterdam -
Press review: Where next for Libya?
23 August 201198 1 Presseurop -
Libya: Gaddafi has fallen
22 August 201145 Al Hayat London -
EU-Libya: Libya: the endgame, the future, the risks
22 August 201184 1 La Stampa Turin -
Refugees: Asylum in Europe — a mirage across the water
3 August 2011314 8 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Italy: Tragedy at sea and riots onshore
2 August 2011PresseuropLa Stampa -
Libya: Now we want Gaddafi out, now we don't
28 July 201141 The Independent London -
Middle East: Europe has a role to play
28 July 201175 1 Al Hayat London -
Libya/Syria: Double jeopardy for France
12 July 20111PresseuropLibération -
EU-US: Old continent, indeed
29 June 2011129 3 The New York Times New York -
Middle East: Europe doesn't have the firepower
15 June 2011201 5 Libération Paris -
Malta: In the forgotten camps
9 June 201185 5 Mediapart Paris -
Libyan War: How much longer?
9 June 2011PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Arab Spring: What the revolutions mean for us
30 May 2011119 1 Mladá Fronta DNES Prague -
Syria-EU: Carte blanche for Assad
12 May 201169 2 SME Bratislava -
Libyan war: Eye trouble
11 May 201124 Le Journal du jeudi Ouagadougou -
Immigration: The shame of Europe
10 May 20112PresseuropPúblico -
Immigration: National interest comes first
28 April 201168PresseuropPresseurop -
France-Italy: Italian bombs for French bombast
27 April 2011PresseuropLa Stampa -
Freedom of movement: The temptation to retrench
26 April 2011138 1 Presseurop -
Italy: Rome joins the war in Libya
26 April 2011PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Libya: The expanding war
22 April 201159 2 The Guardian London -
Libyan war: Obama must get stuck in
22 April 20111PresseuropThe Economist -
Editorial: End of the line
8 April 201141Presseurop -
Belgium: The embarrassing activism of Prince Laurent
7 April 20112PresseuropLa Libre Belgique -
Asylum: Single entry point is tough to get open
6 April 201175 Dagens Nyheter Stockholm -
France: Another French front in Africa
5 April 2011PresseuropLibération -
Arend: Tribe vs tribe
1 April 2011Het Financieele Dagblad Amsterdam
Lurking behind the public agreement on display among the participants at the Paris conference on “New Libya" is a shadowy struggle that France, Italy and the UK have already started in the race to exploit the country's resources. So say the French, Italian and British newspapers. 
The famous French philosopher, who inspired Nicolas Sarkozy’s commitment to the cause in Libya, argues that the west should not let itself be intimidated by dictators. The Muammar Gaddafi’s of this world are only “paper tigers.” 
Euphoria is premature, as the West is fated to make the same mistakes as in Iraq, argues Robert Fisk. And if Gaddafi remains at large, a guerrilla war eroding the new powers becomes inevitable. 
The campaign in Libya has shown that the EU is able to conduct a major military operation, but it also has revealed its shortcomings, argues a journalist from French daily Le Figaro. 
The European press as a whole welcomes the fall of the Libyan regime and the momentum it will give to the “Arab spring” -- but it strikes a more cautious note on the future of the country. A future in which Europe has a decisive role to play. 
The fall of Tripoli marks a victory for NATO and the EU countries that supported the war. But Europe, divided and weakened by the euro crisis, will have to find ways to manage the post-Gaddafi era without bringing chaos to its southern border. 
Twenty-five refugees have just suffocated in the engine room of a boat bound for Italy. Their deaths are not merely another episode in the decades-old refugee crisis along Europe's southern coasts, but are part of the European strategy for deterring asylum-seekers. 
Four months into the military operations against Colonel Gaddafi, the British and French governments are still looking for a coherent policy towards Libya. They have only themselves to blame, writes a British columnist. 
After years of playing a secondary role in the Arab world, the EU now has an opportunity to exert a positive influence in a region where the United States and Russia have failed to respond to radical change. An Al-Hayat columnist outlines how Europe can make a difference. 
Clueless faced with the debt crisis, wavering in Libya and Afghanistan: Europe is not only weakening but also becoming a problem for the United States. Such is the harsh verdict delivered by the New York Times. 
Now that they are involved in Libya, Europeans have discovered that they do not have the means to achieve their ambitions. And without the backing of military means, EU diplomacy will not be credible in a strategic region for Europe. This is the logic behind the need for common defence programmes. 
Along with the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Maltese Archipelago has become a favoured destination for hundreds of Africans fleeing the fighting in Libya. But on arrival, what they see of Europe is an unsanitary hangar where they vainly wait for political asylum. French news website Mediapart reports. 
A few months into the Arab revolutions, what lessons for Europe? For Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, professor at the London University, it should not succumb to the myth of a conflict between Islam and the West and engage in a more ambitious, independent diplomacy. 
While determined to bring at end to Muammar Gaddafi's violence against the Libyan people, Europe has been largely silent about the terror exacted by the Basher Al Assad regime in Syria. And the sanctions against his regime announced on the 10 May are further proof of Europe's powerlessness. 
Battered by the crisis between France and Italy over the north African immigrants who landed on Lampedusa and were blocked at the French border, the Schengen agreements are now being openly questioned by Paris and Rome. On April 26, Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi announced they are in favour of “changes” to the accord on the freedom of movement. 
With its military advisors already in Benghazi, Nato's military involvement in the civil war in Libya is deepening. But as Colonel Gaddafi’s forces dig in, the outcome could hardly be more difficult to discern. 
The EU intends to set up some common rules on asylum. The surge in the polls of xenophobic parties in several countries and the influx of migrants from north Africa, however, have combined to make the debate an explosive one. - 1 of 3
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