The large EU countries are prepared to recognize Libyan opposition as legitimate interlocutors while ensuring that Moammar Gadhafi's regime is "finished." French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, said his country and Germany agree to ask their colleagues to engage with the Twenty-seven "new Libyan officials." French and German, Guido Westerwelle, have raised at an extraordinary meeting today in a diplomatic marathon between the EU and NATO.
France was the first country to announce that recognizes the National Transitional Council and exchange ambassadors, a move that has surprised the diplomats of the EU institutions still hesitant about the lack of consensus among governments, particularly by the resistance Italian. Catherine Ashton, representing the Twenty foreign policy, was more cautious when arriving at the meeting and invited only "dialogue" with the parties.
The British met yesterday with two Libyan opponents, but insisted that function to recognize foreign governments do not belong to the EU, but their members. Gaddafi's regime has been unsuccessful in his attempt to present their case to the Europeans. A Libyan envoy met yesterday at a hotel in Lisbon with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado, whose country now chairs the committee of UN sanctions.
According to the Portuguese diplomat said, was merely a "casual conversation" with no results. "Gaddafi's regime is finished, its legitimacy is finished," he said Amado on arrival at Brussels. The Minister Trinidad Jimenez said that Spain is "in touch" with the opposition, although not requested formal recognition of the rebels and his colleagues.
So far, these contacts, she said, were limited to addressing humanitarian needs in the area. Foreign ministers of the EU and the NATO Defense insist today in Brussels its rejection against the Libyan regime and support including possible military deployment. The Heads of State and Government of the Twenty will do the same tomorrow in an extraordinary summit on the emergency in North Africa.
The ministers also formally approved the extension of sanctions to freeze assets and ban on entry into the EU against Libya, which now affects 27 people in the scheme and five entities, including the Libyan sovereign fund, LIA, which has invested since in the Italian team Juventus to the Financial Times. 
France was the first country to announce that recognizes the National Transitional Council and exchange ambassadors, a move that has surprised the diplomats of the EU institutions still hesitant about the lack of consensus among governments, particularly by the resistance Italian. Catherine Ashton, representing the Twenty foreign policy, was more cautious when arriving at the meeting and invited only "dialogue" with the parties.
The British met yesterday with two Libyan opponents, but insisted that function to recognize foreign governments do not belong to the EU, but their members. Gaddafi's regime has been unsuccessful in his attempt to present their case to the Europeans. A Libyan envoy met yesterday at a hotel in Lisbon with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado, whose country now chairs the committee of UN sanctions.
According to the Portuguese diplomat said, was merely a "casual conversation" with no results. "Gaddafi's regime is finished, its legitimacy is finished," he said Amado on arrival at Brussels. The Minister Trinidad Jimenez said that Spain is "in touch" with the opposition, although not requested formal recognition of the rebels and his colleagues.
So far, these contacts, she said, were limited to addressing humanitarian needs in the area. Foreign ministers of the EU and the NATO Defense insist today in Brussels its rejection against the Libyan regime and support including possible military deployment. The Heads of State and Government of the Twenty will do the same tomorrow in an extraordinary summit on the emergency in North Africa.
The ministers also formally approved the extension of sanctions to freeze assets and ban on entry into the EU against Libya, which now affects 27 people in the scheme and five entities, including the Libyan sovereign fund, LIA, which has invested since in the Italian team Juventus to the Financial Times.
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