The European Union urged Libya's interim rulers to push for a broad-based reconciliation in the country following the death of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister David Cameron said that Gaddafi's death held out the promise of a better future for the people he ruled for four decades.
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said today that the single European currency is irreversible and the European Union must persuade citizens that the economic and financial crisis will be overcome.
During a "tour-de-table" among the EU's 27 leaders, it seemed for a moment that France, Poland, Italy and others might accept deeper cuts than originally proposed, diplomats said today after the summit broke up without agreement.