%0 Journal Article %T The European Parliament and the conflict in Libya (2011): an efficient moral platform? %A Stelios Stavridis %A Irene Fern¨¢ndez Molina %J Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals %D 2013 %I CIDOB %X The actions of the European Parliament with respect to the internal crisis in Libya and the international interventions carried out in the country in 2011 contradict the widely-held perception of the European Union¡¯s passivity concerning the events of the Arab Spring. Previously, the Parliament had been the Brussels institution that had been relatively the most critical of Muamar el Gadafi¡¯s regime. In the context of the violent repression of the protests in that year, the EU took on a role as an effective moral platform and showed great consensus in calling for international intervention based on the doctrine of the responsibility to protect . This confirms the hypothesis that the parlamentarisation of international relations encourages the introduction of regulatory elements far from the traditional premises and prescriptions of realism. %K Libya %K European Parliament %K EU %K conflict %K responsibility to protect %U http://www.cidob.org/en/publications/articulos/revista_cidob_d_afers_internacionals/101/the_european_parliament_and_the_conflict_in_libya_2011_an_efficient_moral_platform