Perilous Times
Gaddafi demands £4 billion from EU or Europe will turn 'black'
Muammar Gaddafi has demanded that the European Union give him more than
£4 billion to fight illegal immigration or else Europe will turn
"black" and be swamped by Muslims.
Bruno Waterfield
By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels 5:19PM GMT 30 Nov 2010
The Telegraph UK
During an EU-Africa summit, that ended on Tuesday in Tripoli, the
Libyan leader described European's economic relationship with the
African continent as a "failure".
Unless "Christian, white" countries gave him extra funding, Colonel
Gaddafi predicted that Europe would be flooded with illegal immigrants
leaving impoverished Africa.
"We should stop this illegal immigration. If we don't, Europe will
become black, it will be overcome by people with different religions,
it will change," he said.
Col Gaddafi has so far received only £42 million in EU funding to
improve treatment of refugees heading for Europe amid human rights
fears and a recent refusal by Sweden to sell Libya surveillance planes.
The Libyan leader is critical of the EU for linking trade and aid to
free markets and progress on human rights. He told EU officials at the
summit that African leaders say they are ready to abandon ten years of
trade talks because of European demands.
"Africa has other choices," he said "Let every country and every group
govern itself. Every country is free to serve its own interests. Africa
can look to any other international bloc such as Latin America, China,
India or Russia."
A leaked US diplomatic cable giving an assessment of Kenya as a "swamp"
of corruption prompted calls for an apology from Nairobi. "It is
totally malicious and a total misrepresentation of our country and our
leaders. We are surprised and shocked," said a Kenyan government
spokesman.
But Col Gaddafi did not make any reference to the Wikileaks publication
of a confidential American communication detailing his need to always
travel with his "with his senior Ukrainian nurse" and his love of
"flamenco dancing."