International pressure on the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi has increased in the last few hours from several diplomatic fronts while the resignations continue to occur in the ranks of the Libyan Government. The European Union has called a meeting this afternoon where they consider the imposition of sanctions in response to Gaddafi's decision to drown in blood the protests against his regime.
Last night, the Security Council UN meeting in New York, demanded an end to repression but did not reach any concrete agreement. Now plans to resume the session and countries like Britain have demanded the adoption of a resolution "clearly" convicted. The Arab League itself has shown furious about the developments.
The organization's secretary general, Amr Musa, said last night that the group has decided to exclude Gaddafi attend meetings until the democratic demands of the population, "ensuring its security and stability, under threat of expulsion from the organization. In Europe, the European diplomat, Catherine Ashton, yesterday seemed to last an unusual hit on the table to announce the suspension of negotiations to establish a framework agreement on bilateral relations with Libya, a frustrating commitment to the Union for years.
For this afternoon there will be two meetings. The foreign ministers of Spain, Italy, France, Cyprus, Malta and Greece will meet in Rome to design a common line to face a possible wave of immigration from Libya. And another under the Political and Security Committee of the European Union (PSC)-with the participation of ambassadors of the Twenty-to analyze the next steps in the EU in this crisis and do not rule out the adoption of sanctions.
Some have claimed that countries like Germany or France, who are in favor of providing a most shocking answer to stop the killing in Libya. Berlin threatened yesterday to impose sanctions on Qaddafi and this morning, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone further by calling for "targeted sanctions" and the initiation of a prosecution of those responsible for repression "brutal and bloody." Sarkozy also proposed to control your finances and prevent access to Community territory, two measures already enacted at the time against the deposed president of Tunisia, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.
"The international community can not remain a spectator in front of these massive violations of human rights," he said. In a more conciliatory tone, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Gaddafi phoned last night to ask for a peaceful solution to the critical situation facing the country for the popular uprising does not descend into civil war.
Berlusconi also took the conversation to assure the dictator that his country has no weapons or missiles delivered to the protesters, as the Libyan leader said yesterday. As the only response to the demand of Italian President, Gaddafi insisted he is willing to resist and fight against "insurrection." Evacuation underway in parallel with political efforts, Brussels has already started the evacuation of Europeans caught in Libya.
There are about 10,000 EU citizens. France and Russia have moved forward to the EU, began yesterday to repatriate their citizens. Spain, meanwhile, provides the option of sending a military plane. In the last two days they left Libya about 40 or 50 Spanish, although there are approximately another 90 that are located and who have already expressed their willingness to return.
Two French planes landed in Paris last night and will continue scheduled flights to evacuate the 300 French remain in Libya. The U.S. government has hired a ferry to ferry their citizens from the port of Tripoli to Valletta, Malta, has informed the State Department said in a statement. Washington estimates that there are "many thousands" of U.S.
citizens in Libya, most with dual nationality, and the other number about 600. The German Foreign Ministry is to evacuate the last 250 Germans who remain in the African country, according to Minister Guido Westerwelle, after yesterday the airline Lufthansa repatriate to 350 citizens of that nationality. 
Last night, the Security Council UN meeting in New York, demanded an end to repression but did not reach any concrete agreement. Now plans to resume the session and countries like Britain have demanded the adoption of a resolution "clearly" convicted. The Arab League itself has shown furious about the developments.
The organization's secretary general, Amr Musa, said last night that the group has decided to exclude Gaddafi attend meetings until the democratic demands of the population, "ensuring its security and stability, under threat of expulsion from the organization. In Europe, the European diplomat, Catherine Ashton, yesterday seemed to last an unusual hit on the table to announce the suspension of negotiations to establish a framework agreement on bilateral relations with Libya, a frustrating commitment to the Union for years.
For this afternoon there will be two meetings. The foreign ministers of Spain, Italy, France, Cyprus, Malta and Greece will meet in Rome to design a common line to face a possible wave of immigration from Libya. And another under the Political and Security Committee of the European Union (PSC)-with the participation of ambassadors of the Twenty-to analyze the next steps in the EU in this crisis and do not rule out the adoption of sanctions.
Some have claimed that countries like Germany or France, who are in favor of providing a most shocking answer to stop the killing in Libya. Berlin threatened yesterday to impose sanctions on Qaddafi and this morning, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone further by calling for "targeted sanctions" and the initiation of a prosecution of those responsible for repression "brutal and bloody." Sarkozy also proposed to control your finances and prevent access to Community territory, two measures already enacted at the time against the deposed president of Tunisia, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.
"The international community can not remain a spectator in front of these massive violations of human rights," he said. In a more conciliatory tone, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Gaddafi phoned last night to ask for a peaceful solution to the critical situation facing the country for the popular uprising does not descend into civil war.
Berlusconi also took the conversation to assure the dictator that his country has no weapons or missiles delivered to the protesters, as the Libyan leader said yesterday. As the only response to the demand of Italian President, Gaddafi insisted he is willing to resist and fight against "insurrection." Evacuation underway in parallel with political efforts, Brussels has already started the evacuation of Europeans caught in Libya.
There are about 10,000 EU citizens. France and Russia have moved forward to the EU, began yesterday to repatriate their citizens. Spain, meanwhile, provides the option of sending a military plane. In the last two days they left Libya about 40 or 50 Spanish, although there are approximately another 90 that are located and who have already expressed their willingness to return.
Two French planes landed in Paris last night and will continue scheduled flights to evacuate the 300 French remain in Libya. The U.S. government has hired a ferry to ferry their citizens from the port of Tripoli to Valletta, Malta, has informed the State Department said in a statement. Washington estimates that there are "many thousands" of U.S.
citizens in Libya, most with dual nationality, and the other number about 600. The German Foreign Ministry is to evacuate the last 250 Germans who remain in the African country, according to Minister Guido Westerwelle, after yesterday the airline Lufthansa repatriate to 350 citizens of that nationality.
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