The recent events in Libya have allowed France, who was seeking a regional role, to stand. The interest shown by France to North Africa and the Middle East and its initiatives in this region is in a position of rivalry with Turkey, which also strives to pursue an entrepreneurial in the region. Nicolas Sarkozy's ambition to make France a world power is the main motivation that drove Paris to move quickly to action from the beginning of unrest in Libya and to intervene militarily in persuading Britain to accompany .
This attitude also reflects the discretion - and even low profile - adopted by the United States against the Libyan crisis and events that have shaken the Arab world, in opposition to their interventionism of the past. This has created a political vacuum in the region. It is within this context that Sarkozy has adopted a clear position against the Gaddafi regime, as later in Côte d'Ivoire, and has launched air attacks with Great Britain.
This ardent desire to extend its area of influence is not new at Sarkozy. Indeed, just became president, he had already launched the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM). Ankara was then greeted rather coldly that she considered this project mainly as a way for Sarkozy to divert Turkey from its European design.
There are other examples as well, when Russia intervened militarily in Georgia, Sarkozy has been involved in the Caucasian case and has taken initiatives towards Moscow and Tbilisi. At the same time, the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan pledged the same way on the same file. Also note that the steps of Sarkozy vis-à-vis Syria and Lebanon coincided with the mediation efforts led by Erdogan again.
Ditto from Gaza. As stated above, the retention of large countries, particularly the United States, opposite the popular movement in Libya was given to French diplomacy a chance to fill a void. After Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. no longer willing to take risks and prefer to stay back, while indicating the direction to follow.
The European Union, with key member states such as Germany, keeps his distance vis-à-vis the Libyan context and merely words. The Arab League has played a limited role in the vote on the resolution of the Security Council of UN, nothing more. The African Union has tried to mediate, but without much success.
Russia, meanwhile, do not meddle in these affairs. Finally, regional players like Iran and Saudi Arabia play no role in Libya. They are mainly active in the Gulf region. In this context, Turkey, as a state in the region of interest around the Arab world, leads an intense diplomatic activity and really stand out.
But France, which also occurs as a Mediterranean country, will also play a key role at regional level. This rivalry sometimes creates tensions between the two countries because of the negative opinion of Sarkozy vis-à-vis Turkey and moody reciprocal thereof in respect of France. Yet rather than confront, the two countries could create a space of cooperation that would benefit all then. 
This attitude also reflects the discretion - and even low profile - adopted by the United States against the Libyan crisis and events that have shaken the Arab world, in opposition to their interventionism of the past. This has created a political vacuum in the region. It is within this context that Sarkozy has adopted a clear position against the Gaddafi regime, as later in Côte d'Ivoire, and has launched air attacks with Great Britain.
This ardent desire to extend its area of influence is not new at Sarkozy. Indeed, just became president, he had already launched the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM). Ankara was then greeted rather coldly that she considered this project mainly as a way for Sarkozy to divert Turkey from its European design.
There are other examples as well, when Russia intervened militarily in Georgia, Sarkozy has been involved in the Caucasian case and has taken initiatives towards Moscow and Tbilisi. At the same time, the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan pledged the same way on the same file. Also note that the steps of Sarkozy vis-à-vis Syria and Lebanon coincided with the mediation efforts led by Erdogan again.
Ditto from Gaza. As stated above, the retention of large countries, particularly the United States, opposite the popular movement in Libya was given to French diplomacy a chance to fill a void. After Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. no longer willing to take risks and prefer to stay back, while indicating the direction to follow.
The European Union, with key member states such as Germany, keeps his distance vis-à-vis the Libyan context and merely words. The Arab League has played a limited role in the vote on the resolution of the Security Council of UN, nothing more. The African Union has tried to mediate, but without much success.
Russia, meanwhile, do not meddle in these affairs. Finally, regional players like Iran and Saudi Arabia play no role in Libya. They are mainly active in the Gulf region. In this context, Turkey, as a state in the region of interest around the Arab world, leads an intense diplomatic activity and really stand out.
But France, which also occurs as a Mediterranean country, will also play a key role at regional level. This rivalry sometimes creates tensions between the two countries because of the negative opinion of Sarkozy vis-à-vis Turkey and moody reciprocal thereof in respect of France. Yet rather than confront, the two countries could create a space of cooperation that would benefit all then.
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