France Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that there was no time to waste in forming a Libyan government that would pave the way for action against Islamic State and he would push for sanctions against individuals at a European meeting next week.
Ayrault yesterday said he would press for European Foreign Ministers to agree sanctions on individuals at a ministerial meeting in Brussels on March 14th. French officials have been warning for more than a year that the political void is creating favourable conditions for Islamist groups. Efforts to establish a UN backed unity government in the oil producing nation have been stalled by resistance from hardliners.