On a visit to Libya on Wednesday 4 October for the first time in 25 years, the European commissioner for neighbourhood policy, Johannes Hahn, pushed for urgent action in the economic domain, alongside the political process taking place under the auspices of the UN.
"Alongside the political action, there are urgent economic actions that are needed to restore the economic situation", "practical measures to diversify the economy", he said (in 2013, oil revenue accounted for 70% of Libya's...