Euro MPs urge EU to recognise Libya opposition

Top lawmakers demanded yesterday that EU leaders recognise Libya's opposition and support the imposition of a no-fly zone, as Tripoli rebels came to the European Parliament seeking legitimacy.
But European Union foreign and security chief Catherine Ashton refused to back either call just 48 hours from an emergency summit of heads of state and government where the bloc will thrash out policy towards Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The head of the parliament's Liberals, former Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt, told the 736-member chamber two days before the emergency EU summit that it was time to grant "recognition" to the rebels.