to play an active role in the decision making in the council. According to neo-realist this is an example on how countries will try to increase their power profile via international cooperation, and the pressure for sanctions would improve the image of both as dynamic leaders. Neo-realists consider foreign policy a national matter mainly dominated by national interest and security. This could explain why none of the member states have any interest what so ever in handling over power to the CFSP. Their national interest are simply too important in this case. Italy eventually chose to back the sanctions against Libya. Berlusconi and Franttini both showed their concern for the migration situation, and since intentions are to stabilize the area, they must realise that Italy’s the way to pursue this gain, is via cooperation with the European partners. So far, Italy has got the institutional legitimacy to impose sanctions, and the confidence between the other member states is still intact. After the imposition of sanctions, the actual gains for the member states are outlined in the table 2.1 below. The intentions are still the same, as the Libyan crisis is not over, and there is more to gain or to lose from further cooperation. Table 2.2 UK France Germany Italy EU Become the Desire stability in Cameron to live countries’ Make up for Projection of the area due to up to Blair's preferred failed policy on democracy and trade agreements aggressive foreign mediator for Tunisia human rights and migration policy international threat cooperation Remain loyal Remain the Improve Sarkozy’s Increase image as Increase power towards Gadhafi Intentions power position in image before a determined within EU due to economic the global context national election coherent union interests Coordinate the Prove France as a Remain loyal to the different Stay loyal to the powerful actor in Non-military EU in terms of intentions into USA the international strategy credibility one united society contribution
to play an active role in the decision making in the council. According to neo-realist this is an example on how countries will try to increase their power profile via international cooperation, and the pressure for sanctions would improve the image of both as dynamic leaders. Neo-realists consider foreign policy a national matter mainly dominated by national interest and security. This could explain why none of the member states have any interest what so ever in handling over power to the CFSP. Their national interest are simply too important in this case. Italy eventually chose to back the sanctions against Libya. Berlusconi and Franttini both showed their concern for the migration situation, and since Italy’s intentions are to stabilize the area, they must realise that the way to pursue this gain, is via cooperation with the European partners. So far, Italy has got the institutional legitimacy to impose sanctions, and the confidence between the other member states is still intact. After the imposition of sanctions, the actual gains for the member states are outlined in the table 2.1 below. The intentions are still the same, as the Libyan crisis is not over, and there is more to gain or to lose from further cooperation. Table 2.2 UK France Germany Italy EU Intentions Cameron to live up to Blair's aggressive foreign policy Make up for failed policy on Tunisia Projection of democracy and human rights Desire stability in the area due to trade agreements and migration threat Become the countries’ preferred mediator for international cooperation Remain the power position in the global context Improve Sarkozy’s image before national election Increase power within EU Remain loyal towards Gadhafi due to economic interests Increase image as a determined coherent union Stay loyal to the USA Prove France as a powerful actor in the international society Non-military strategy Remain loyal to the EU in terms of credibility Coordinate the different intentions into one united contribution