Undecided Europe

Europe's indecision regarding Libya is down to a lack of consensus, writes the left-liberal daily La Repubblica: "We can't be spectators of a drama in which we are directly involved by reason of our geographical proximity and the fact that it's about oil. ... The true reasons for the operation are political and economic, not humanitarian. ... Never before has it been so clear how much Europe's helplessness stems from the lack of a common policy. Only a united Europe would have made the just decision to back the uprising of the youth in the Arab world with an intervention not motivated by the desire to rule. This would have put Europe in a position to use its considerable political and economic clout to put the uprisings on the path to democracy."

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