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A woman holds up a banner during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied, in Tunis, April 2022

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Migrants wait to be transferred from Lampedusa Island, Italy, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.

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Leader of the Ennahdha party Rached Ghannouchi arrives at a police station I Tunis, Tuesday, Feb.21, 2023.

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Olivér Várhelyi, the European Commissioner for enlargement, said Tunisia was free to "wire back" the €60 million that the EU has transferred as budgetary support.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen personally travelled to Tunisia and met with President Kais Saied to finalise the memorandum.

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Tunisian President Kais Saied arrives for the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit in Paris, June 2023

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Economic reforms are inherently political, but they should be designed to address the concerns and aspirations of the population impacted by them, Timothy Kaldas and Ayoub Menzli write.

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Tunisian President Kais Saied shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, 6 June 2023

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Tunisian President Kais Saied, right, walks with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Tunis, September 2021

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Brussels and its partners should urgently stand with democracy activists and support democratic institutions that, together, hold Tunisia’s leaders accountable, Ikram Ben Said and Nicole Rowsell write.

29/05/2023

A woman holds up a banner during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied, in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, April 10, 2022.

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Following President Kais Saied’s political crackdown on dissent in Tunisia, Europe has been cautious about condemning his authoritarian descent, fearful of risking instability in a country which plays a key role in stopping illegal migration.

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People take part in a protest against President Kais Saied's policies in Tunis, 5 March 2023

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The democratic backsliding that the opposition is describing as a coup has not provoked a significant enough reaction from Europe. That might threaten the stability in the Middle East on the whole, Ghazi Ben Ahmed writes.

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Clashes between protesters and police during a demonstration against President Kais Saied on the 11th anniversary of the Tunisian revolution in the capital Tunis.

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Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest in Tunisia's capital Tunis on September 26, 2021, against President Kais Saied's recent steps to tighten his grip on power.

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