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Libya and Italy Presentation by Annapurna 1 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Content History Economic situation of both countries Recent contracts Political agreements Conclusion and opening 2 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 History Philippe Ronvaux 3 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Italian colonization for thirty years 1911-1918: Italian Invasion 1922-1943: Colonization and resistance La reconciliation 4 September 2008: Italy excuses solemnly for the occupation and offer five billions USD. June 2009: Signature of a treaty between the two country. Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Italy-Libya: a route for clandestine migration in EU. 31 700 illegal migrants stayed on Lampedusa Island in 2007 (23 000 in 2005, 13 000 in 2004 and 8 000 in 2003). Source Wikipedia Around 15 000 migrants per month try to enter Libya. Source Bilal :Fabrizio Gatti, mon voyage d’infiltré dans le marché des nouveaux esclaves Libya is not a signatory of Geneva Conventions for refugees and the UNHCR do not have access to the refugee camps of the country. EU try to push Libya to block migrants and to organize a common cost guard patrol with Italy. 5 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Economic Figures of Italy and Libya Rémi Olivari 6 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Italy: economical situation High quality consumer goods manufactured by small and medium enterprises. Strong industrial sector turned toward export. Sectors of distribution, tourism and communication are also well developed. GDP – Composition by sector: agriculture: 2% industry: 27% services: 71% (2008 est.) Sources: CIA World Factbook, Economical mission of French embassy in Italy 7 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Libya: Economical situation Economy based on Petroleum and all derived products: 95% of export earnings 25% of GDP Doubling production until 2012 to 3 million bbl/day Non-oil manufacturing and construction sectors: more than 20% of GDP GDP – Composition by sector: Agriculture: 1.7% Industry: 70.9% Services: 27.4% Sources: CIA World Factbook, Economical mission of French embassy in Libya 8 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Foreign Direct Investment Amount of FDI in Libya in 2007: 8.775 B$ Amount of FDI in Libya in 2008: 11.23 B$ Libyan Foreign Investment Board promotes: Sources: CIA World Fact Book law N°5 of 1426 PB (1997) 2008, World Bank Database law N°7 of 1371 PD (2003) Group, UNCTAD, Libyan Foreign Investment Board 9 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Libya: Foreign Direct investments Trends Sources: Libyan Foreign Investment Board 10 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Economical link between Libya and Italia 39.5% of Libyan exports go to Italy (1st) 22.8% of Libyan imports come from Italy (1st) Libya represents less than 5% in Italian exports Libya ranks 5th as import partner for Italy with a share of 4.6% of Italian imports. Sources: Bank of Italy, CIA World Fact Book 2008 11 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Recent Contracts Baudouin de Marsac 12 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Oil Libya is the main provider of Italy since 1986 (allbusiness and ft) A gas pipeline operating since October 2004 is providing Italy with Libyan gas under long term contract (pipeline) Eni wins four news exploration permits in Libya (oct 4th 2005) And others… 13 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Other Finmeccanica signed two major contracts in defense and railway rail signaling, telecommunications and power supply systems for coastal line and inland line. It will cover around 1,450 km of line in total. July 22, 2009 (Finmeccanica press center, Railway) $300 contract for border Security and control, October 7, 2009 (Finmeccanica press center, Defense) Enel wins a $200 million contract for a power plant, July 9, 2001 (BNET) 14 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Political Agreements Célian Lefèvre 15 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Political agreements Agreement for the control of migration flow Italy made an agreement to drive back all illegal immigrants to Libya « 94% decrease of illegal landing » considering Maurizio Gasparri words (Senator) Antonio Gutteres and Human rights associations denounced Mr. Berlusconi policy Source: RTBF et archives EPA 16 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Political agreements Non-aggression pact « Italy will not use and will not allow any country to use his territory for any kind of attack against Libya » But Italy is a member of the OTAN Source: Alessandro Lattanzio (Eurasia), Libye et Italie : le sens d’un accord Stratégique 17 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015 Conclusion 18 Italy and Libya 7/16/2015