Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Machị 2011, mgbe a katọrọ ya maka achọghị ịkwado mgbanwe ndị Ijipt na Tunisia, na onye ọkà ihe ọmụma Bernard-Henri Levy mere ka France tinye aka na-arụsi ọrụ ike megide ndị agha nke onye ndu Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Nicolas Sarkozy so n'ime ndị isi mbụ nke steeti chọrọ ka Gaddafi na gọọmentị ya, nke na-alụ agha obodo na Libya. Na 10 Machị 2011, Nicolas Sarkozy nabatara na Elysee Palace, ndị nnọchi anya atọ sitere na Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC), nke Bernard-Henri Levy wetara ya bụ onye gbara ụka na nzukọ ahụ. Nicolas Sarkozy kwere ha nkwa na a ga-eme ka ụgbọelu Gaddafi ghara ife efe. O kwekwara ha nkwa enyemaka ndị agha France. Na 17 Machị 2011, na arịrịọ nke France, mkpebi 1973 ka ndị United Nations Security Council nakweere, na-ekwe ka e guzobe mpaghara "enweghị ụgbọ elu" na Libya, na maka ịme "ihe ndị dị mkpa" maka nchekwa nke ndị nkịtị nke mba ahụ. Na 19 Machị 2011, Nicolas Sarkozy kwupụtara ọkwa mmalite nke
mwakpo agha na Libya, na nsonye France. Ihe ndị a Nicolas Sarkozy mere bụ ihe ọtụtụ ndị ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị na echiche ọha na eze France nabatara.