* EU must implement four sanctions on Libyan leaders now
* To include weapons embargo, travel ban - Westerwelle
(Adds further Westerwelle demands)
BERLIN, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Germany is pushing for EU-wide sanctions against Libyan leaders over the deadly attacks on demonstrators there, its foreign minister said on Friday, hours before the U.N. Security Council was to discuss similar plans.
"It's no longer about setting deadlines, it's about acting now," Guido Westerwelle told a news conference. "Therefore, the EU will act. We in Europe do not want to wait until the whole world acts.
Westerwelle, who told radio earlier Germany was preparing sanctions, said he had taken a lead role in the European Union after the community appeared too timid earlier this week.
"Now the EU has realised the full seriousness of the situation."
Westerwelle said sanctions would include travel bans on the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as well as a weapons emnbargo. The funds of Gaddafi's family overseas should be frozen, and there would be a stop to trade of goods that could be used to oppress the Libyan people.
Speaking after meeting with his Moroccon and before that Italian counterparts, Westerwelle said Italy also supported those sanctions.
The push comes as the United States tries to drum up international backing for ways to stem the bloodshed in Libya where forces loayal to Gaddafi have been fighting rebels holding cities near the capital, Tripoli. The U.N. Security Council plans to meet later on Friday to receive a French-British draft proposal for sanctions against Libyan leaders, though no vote is expected on a resolution until next week. (Reporting by Annika Breidthardt, editing by Angus MacSwan)
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