Like a scent of freedom
(BRUSSELS2, exclusive) Our interview with Agostino Miozzo was not limited to questions of possible security assistance that the European Union could provide. The director of the "Crisis Response" department of the diplomatic service, who carried out two successive missions to Benghazi a month and a half apart, returned enthusiastically to the bubbling that agitates civil society and the organization that place the opposition. " The situation is changing very rapidly. They are getting organized. In a month and a half, there is significant progress »
The awakening of civil society
« There is a profusion of people who have begun to enjoy new freedoms. It is the true flavor of revolution. There are hundreds of NGOs that have been formed. Today there are 53 – 54 newspapers coming out, sometimes it's a few sheets done at home on a computer. A month and a half ago, there was only one. It is the awakening of Libyan society. It's really fantastic. They have enormous capacity, knowledge, means and culture of communication. But they need to be helped explains A. Miozzo.
People need to be introduced to political discussion. " They ask us: how to talk to politicians? In Libya, it must be understood that there has never been any political dialogue. ". The drafting of the Constitution also occupied the minds " “We are proud to have arrived at the time of writing the Constitution” they told me. "For you it's normal." They realized there was a freedom out there that they never knew. »
Open a center for European culture?
« Libyans are hungry for culture. They want to read Italian and French poetry, read Shakespeare, access cultural centers. They learn to breathe. We must help them to open a center of European culture »
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