What's Libya's impact on EU foreign policy?

What will the Libya crisis do to EU foreign policy? Despite the general realisation that Libya is perhaps the biggest litmus test of the European strategic seriousness since the Balkan wars, the answer to this question is not easy.

Predictions are a dime a dozen, but a few potential outcomes can be assumed with some confidence. Here are some suggestions.

First, Libya will answer the question whether the Europeans can indeed "learn the language of power". In Libya, the EU will get...