The new Paris-London axis

France and the UK want to transfer fighter helicopters to Libya to boost the attack on the Gaddafi regime. The conflict in Libya has strengthened military ties between Paris and London, notes the conservative daily Le Figaro: "The crisis in Libya has once more demonstrated Europe's incompetence, but it has also brought us a huge step forward regarding French and British cooperation on defence policy. This was sealed at the highest level by the Lancaster House Agreement signed in London last November. The growing strength of the French-British axis is a real boon to the military intervention in Libya. At the same time the alternate stance taken by Germany is becoming increasingly apparent, which is drifting away on a current of pacifism."

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