On October 11 2007, the French National Assembly will discus setting up a committee to hold an inquiry into the conditions under which the Bulgarian medics had been released by Libya.

Opposition in France insisted on an inquiry and put two proposals before parliament in August 2007, French newspaper Le Monde reported.

National Assembly president Bernard Accoyer from president Nicolas Sarkozy’s party Union for a Popular Movement supported the proposals.

In mid-September 2007, he said that the matter would be included in the agenda of the Assembly right after it launches its regular sessions on October 2 2007.

Before the Assembly would discuss launching the inquiry, the interior affairs committee of the Assembly would have to present a report on the proposals.

France was actively involved in the liberation of the medics. Sarkozy’s wife Cecilia went to Libya to negotiate their release and took them by French presidential plane to Bulgaria. After the release of the medics, France signed a contract with Libya for the construction of a nuclear desalination plant, which was met with protests from French opposition.