Italy should seize this opportunity to lead European countries to a harmonised Libya policy. Haftar’s failure has also forced key countries like France to rethink their Libya policy, in the case of Paris specifically ceasing to continue giving implicit support to Haftar. The EU’s high representative, Josep Borrell, has often stated the importance of Libya to the “geopolitical” European Commission. All the pieces are there for a new European policy. With Libya so central to Italy, and with Italy so invested in Libya, it only makes sense that Italy now takes the lead in assembling a new approach.

Source: Libya Today June 16, 2020 08:37 UTC