Arab League.
I again say that while regime chnage in Egypt was not in Europe's interest, becasue Mubarak kept the fundamentalists in check and showed to be a solid partner for Europe, Gaddafi never was a solid oartner but an attacker aginst Europe, untrustworthy to the max, anbd we do not know what the rebels stand for. Opposition in Egypt most likely will allow fundamentalists to come to power sooner or later, butg in Libya'S case we cannot be so sure of that. This uncertainty holds our chnace for getting something better than Gaddafi. And that is why we should make sure that both sides can fight it out on equal terms. At worts we get what we already havbe had. And best we get something better.
The other reasoin why we must have an interest in Libya is to disrupt Gazprom'S flanking manouver to paralyse Europe'S attempt to become more independent from Russian gas deliveries. And this second reason maybe is even more important for us than the first.
No gro7und intervention, just keeping the window of opportunity open, to have a chance to see regime change there.
That's why we are bombing Gaddafi's airforce and air defence. To see if the uncertai8nty we have about the rebel's nature and intention can turn out to be something showing as being beneficial for us. That'S why we do not allow Gaddafi'S airforce and heavy weapons to smash the rebels.
Butr further we shall not go. No ground intervention, no weapon deliveries. At best airbomb the rebels a path to Lybian weapon depots.
To me, these reasons make a hole lot more sense to get militarily engaged (earlier!) than the Kosovo war, the Gulf war 1993, the Gulf war 2003 or the Afghanistan war.
Sarkozy is being overestimated by some people here. For him, it is just an opüportunity to outmanouver the great internal Euroopena rival, Germany, and to profilate himself as one of the great leaders of Europe (under a French flag). Do not read too much into this. States of power or who have had an imperial past, tend to claim spheres of influence. For the US, that is Middle America and Wetsern Europe and the Gulf region. For the Russians, it is for example the Balkans. And for France it traditioinally is it's former colonies, so it is Algeria, Libya, Chad, and in general the Western part of the Mediterranean. When Sarkozy says "European", he always means "French". Never forget that.