On Thursday 16 July, David Schenker, Assistant Secretary for Near East Policy at the U.S. Department of State, told an event at the German Marshall Fund that Europe needs to do more to improve the situation in Libya.
He explained his reasoning: “I want to see Europe play a more robust, more meaningful role vis a vis Libya, both with boots on the ground and with Operation Irini”, an operation he also criticised.
According to Schenker, although the EU had promised to criticise any...