The Party of the European Left strongly condemns the repression perpetrated by the criminal regime of Colonel Gaddafi to the Libyan population.

 The power of Tripoli increases tensions threatening to drag the country into civil war, with a sea of blood that has already provoked more than 300 deaths.

 We urge the EU to condemn the use of force and to act promptly to protect the people that is peacefully demonstrating and struggling for his freedom. EU must clarify its position on the events unfolding there.

The position of EU in relation to Libya has been of developing relations. In October of last year, the Foreign Affairs Commissioner, Cecilia Malstromm and the Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Stefan Fule, were in Tripoli and declared that "we share common interests such as trade, energy, security and development in Africa" and initiated a framework that involves energy, transport, immigration, visas, justice, environment, fisheries, marine exploration and education but negotiations between Brussels and Tripoli have never put the emphasis on the question of human and civil rights.

EL expresses deep solidarity with people’s fight and demands to create a stable, peaceful and democratic atmosphere.