Libya
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European parliament
Sakharov prize for the Arab spring
14 December 2011PresseuropEl Mundo -
21 October 2011NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam
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21 October 2011PresseuropPúblico
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16 September 20111PresseuropLe Figaro
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2 September 2011De Volkskrant Amsterdam
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Libyan war
A time for accolades, and payback
2 September 2011PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
1 September 2011Clarín Buenos Aires
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Press review
Libya: after the war, the oil scramble
1 September 20111Presseurop -
Editorial
Libya: an opportunity not to be missed
26 August 2011Presseurop -
26 August 2011PresseuropLa Stampa
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After the Libyan War
BHL: Why we were right to go in
26 August 201113Le Point Paris -
After the Libyan war
We’ll be stuck in the sands
25 August 20111The Independent London -
24 August 2011Le Temps Geneva
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Libyan war
Europe comes through its baptism of fire
24 August 20114Le Figaro Paris -
24 August 20112PresseuropDagens Nyheter
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24 August 20111PresseuropDie Presse
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23 August 2011Het Parool Amsterdam
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Press review
Where next for Libya?
23 August 20111Presseurop -
22 August 2011Al Hayat London
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22 August 20111La Stampa Turin
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3 August 20118Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
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2 August 2011PresseuropLa Stampa
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28 July 2011The Independent London
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Middle East
Europe has a role to play
28 July 20111Al Hayat London -
Libya/Syria
Double jeopardy for France
12 July 20111PresseuropLibération -
EU-US
Old continent, indeed
29 June 20113The New York Times New York -
Middle East
Europe doesn't have the firepower
15 June 20115Libération Paris -
Malta
In the forgotten camps
9 June 20115Mediapart Paris -
Libyan War
How much longer?
9 June 2011PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Arab Spring
What the revolutions mean for us
30 May 20111Mladá Fronta DNES Prague -
Syria-EU
Carte blanche for Assad
12 May 20112SME Bratislava -
11 May 2011Le Journal du jeudi Ouagadougou
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Immigration
The shame of Europe
10 May 20112PresseuropPúblico -
Immigration
National interest comes first
28 April 2011PresseuropPresseurop -
France-Italy
Italian bombs for French bombast
27 April 2011PresseuropLa Stampa -
Freedom of movement
The temptation to retrench
26 April 20111Presseurop -
26 April 2011PresseuropCorriere della Sera
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Libya
The expanding war
22 April 20112The Guardian London -
Libyan war
Obama must get stuck in
22 April 20111PresseuropThe Economist -
Editorial
End of the line
8 April 2011Presseurop -
7 April 20112PresseuropLa Libre Belgique
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6 April 2011Dagens Nyheter Stockholm
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5 April 2011PresseuropLibération
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1 April 2011Het Financieele Dagblad Amsterdam
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31 March 20112La Stampa Turin
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Odyssey Dawn
Toward total war in Libya
31 March 20111PresseuropMediapart -
30 March 2011Trouw Amsterdam
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Libyan war
Sweden to join coalition
30 March 2011PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet -
Libyan war
French intellectuals debate intervention
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Odyssey Dawn
Libya, a last hurrah for the west
29 March 20113Financial Times London
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. 
The initiative taken by France and the United Kingdom — two countries which occupy key posts in the European External Action Service — has fragmented the emerging structure of European diplomacy to the point where some commentators have remarked that the EU’s foreign policy should be directly entrusted to Paris and London. 
As representatives from 40 countries and international organisations gather in London to forge a consensus on Libya after Gaddafi, Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman argues that the war will have repercussions going well beyond the fate of the Libyan dictator.