Merkel to Push for a Single EU Stance on Libya Crisis

• 05.03.2019, 20:38
•  Europe,  World

Time Magazine

Europe must adopt a common position to resolve the Libyan crisis, which has boosted unrest in the Sahel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday in Burkina Faso, a country hard-hit by extremist violence, Al Arabiya reports. 

“We must now work on a political solution for Libya ... which will be important for the future of your region,” Merkel told students at the University of Ouagadougou.

“What the presidents of the G5 Sahel explained to me once again yesterday, and they are right to say so, is that Europe must agree on the approach as there are still diverging perspectives within the European Union,” said Merkel.

“I will do my best to ensure that the Italian position and the French position are consistent and that there are no different voices or positions in Europe,” she added.