EU considering special summit on Libya

EUObserver and EurActiv report that European Council President Herman Van Rompuy was holding talks with member states on the 28 February 2011 on a French idea to hold an extraordinary EU summit about the implications for the EU of the unrest in Libya and north Africa in Brussels in early March 2011.

In the event it was agreed to hold a summit meeting on the topic on the 11 March 2011.

• Primary Source

Council of the European Union: Press Release, PRES/11/41: Libya: EU imposes arms embargo and targeted sanctions http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/119524.pdf

EurActiv, 3.3.11: EU hoists its sails as Arab winds of change grow stronger http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/eu-hoists-sails-arab-wind-change-grows-stronger-news-502706

EUObserver, 3.3.11: Dutch soldiers held as EU puts out full list of Libya sanctions http://euobserver.com/9/31914

EurActiv, 28.2.11: France calls for special EU summit on Libya http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/france-calls-special-eu-summit-l-news-502573

EUObserver, 1.3.11: EU calls emergency Libya summit for 11 March http://euobserver.com/9/31899

EurActiv, 2.3.11: EU calls special summit on Libya and North Africa http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/eu-calls-special-summit-libya-no-news-502659

EEAS: Press Release: A079/11: Speech by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton before the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 28.2.11 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/119525.pdf

EUObserver, 2.3.11: Barroso to young Arabs: 'We are with you' http://euobserver.com/9/31905

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/11/137: José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Statement by President Barroso on the situation in North Africa Press point Brussels, 2 March 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/137&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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