By Le Figaro with AFP
Published on 03/20/2023 at 20:13
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Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, March 20, 2023. JOHANNA GERON / Portal
The European Union is concerned about the worsening political and economic situation in Tunisia and fears the country’s collapse, said on Monday, March 20, the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell.
“The situation in Tunisia is very dangerous,” he warned after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. “If Tunisia collapses, it risks migration flows to the EU and instability in the MENA region. We want to avoid this situation,” he said.
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President Kaïs Saïed must sign with the IMF and implement the agreement.
Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs
The ministers called on Belgium and Portugal to send representatives on a mission to Tunisia “to assess the situation so that the EU can direct its actions”, he specified. “The European Union cannot help a country that cannot sign an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF),” he stressed. “President Kaïs Saïed must sign with the IMF and implement the agreement, otherwise the situation for Tunisia will become very serious,” he stressed.
Since July 25, 2021, President Saïed has delegated all powers to himself and has had many personalities arrested. The main opposition parties denounce an “authoritarian drift” that is shaking the fledgling democracy that emerged from the first revolt of the Arab Spring in 2011.