With the end of 42 years of dictatorship in Libya the European Left hopes that the Libyan population will finally be able to enter a democratic process. But NATO intervention and foreign interests have deeply compromised the fight of the insurgents and National Transitional Council of Libya, as have the circumstances of the death of Muammar Gaddafi, which bear the marks of a liquidation. In this way preventing Gaddafi from being brought to court and held accountable for war crimes.

The European Left has always opposed NATO's intervention in Libya and calls for a speedy end to this, but stresses the importance that Western companies and interests shall not impose their control over oil and other natural resources of Libya - preventing an independent development for the Libyan people.