EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Libya

European Parliament calls for elections this year if new constitution in place

Brussels, 30/05/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 30 May, the European Parliament called for elections to be held in Libya by the end of 2018.  In Paris the previous day, the prime minister of the Libyan national unity government Fayez al-Sarraj, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the president of the Chamber of Representatives Aguila Salah, and the president of the State Council Khaled al-Mechri committed to the organisation of such elections on 10 December.

According to a report by Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, Italy), which...