EU takes credit for release of Bulgarian nurses

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"EU takes credit for release of Bulgarian nurses

The release of the Bulgarian nurses held in Libya for eight years was “a great success for us all”, according to Benita-Ferrero Waldner, Les Echos reports.

The EU foreign affairs commissioner said she had worked closely with member states, in particular France, to facilitate the deal.

Liberation notes that commission president José Manuel Barroso thanked everyone who had helped in the affair, notably former UK leader Tony Blair, who worked tirelessly on the dossier when he was EU president in 2005."