Rome, The former Italian Minister of the Interior, Marco Minniti, warned against not holding the Libyan elections on the scheduled date, which is the 24th of next December.

“If we do not act urgently, it will be difficult to hold elections in Libya on December 24,” Minniti, a leader of the Italian Democratic Party, said in a lengthy interview published by the German newspaper (Die Welt), “If the elections do not take place, the risks of an escalation of tensions again are very great. Where there is the possibility of dividing Libya into Turkish and Russian spheres of influence.. It is the Syrian model, and then it will be a heavy defeat for Europe”.

The Italian news agency AKI quoted excerpts from the German newspaper’s interview with Marco Minniti, who is currently the head of the Leonardo Group Foundation for Research in Europe, with the Italian newspaper, focusing on what the former Minister of the Interior considered that the way forward for Europe is (first and foremost a proposal for a charter Migration and economic development are with Tunisia and Libya. We have to move quickly, the issue cannot be postponed. At the same time, it is important to call on Libya and Tunisia to intensify the war against human traffickers.)

The current Italian Minister of the Interior, Luchana Lamorgese, had warned last Wednesday of the consequences of not holding elections in Libya as scheduled at the end of this year, as she said during an event entitled “Security and Integration for a Fast-Paced Italy”: (The vote is due on December 24, and that is why Europe must immediately enter into partnerships with Libya, because if the vote does not take place we risk another stage of dangerous instability).

Source: Libyan News Agency