European Union leaders are to meet for an extraordinary summit on March 11 to seek a response to the crisis in Libya, and to turmoil in the Arab world, an EU diplomat said.
The crisis talks will take place the same day as a long-planned summit of the 17 nations that share the euro, gathering to finalise a debt crisis game-plan, said the diplomat, who asked to remain anonymous.
Europe's 27 leaders are being summoned to Brussels after a joint request Monday from British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.