Europeans might like it or not, but if Turkey had not defeated Haftar militarily, this positive evolution would have been impossible (Photo: Ben Sutherland)

Europe should not delude itself on Libya

EU & the World

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by Dario Cristiani and Karim Mezran, Washington/Tripoli,

Visiting Libya with his German and Italian counterparts, Jean-Yves Le Drian, French minister of foreign affairs, stressed that Europeans were pleased to see "efforts bear(ing) fruit… meetings in Paris and Palermo, and a conference in Berlin… and today we are seeing the first results."

These words echoed what EU foreign affai...

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Dario Cristiani is senior fellow with the Institute of International Affairs and German Marshall Fund. Karim Mezran is director of the North Africa Initiative and resident senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council.

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Europeans might like it or not, but if Turkey had not defeated Haftar militarily, this positive evolution would have been impossible (Photo: Ben Sutherland)