No time to lose as Tunisia's president consolidates authoritarian turn: Europe waits, watches, misses opportunities

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Abstract: In the space of just nine months, Tunisia's President Kais Saied has centralised power and dismantled the institutions established by the young democracy since the revolution of 2011. His new constitution establishing a "New Republic" will be put to a referendum on 25 July 2022. Saied's plans have divided the nation, with growing resistance from political and civil society actors demanding the return to an inclusive and democratic process. At the same time, the country is moving closer to default. Tunisia's European partners have invested heavily in democratisation and view the autocratic shift with concern. But they have failed to take meaningful action, and each new step by Saied makes it harder to reverse the path. In the interests of Tunisia’s stability, Europe should move decisively and employ the financial and diplomatic leverage it has due to Tunisia's economic crisis. (author's abstract)

Alternative title: Die Zeit drängt: der tunesische Präsident konsolidiert seine autoritäre Herrschaft; Europa wartet ab und verpasst Chancen der Einflussnahme

Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main

Extent: Online-Ressource, 6 S.

Language: Englisch

Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion
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Bibliographic citation: SWP Comment ; Bd. 41/2022

Classification: Politik

Event: Veröffentlichung

(where): Mannheim

(who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

(when): 2022

Creator: Werenfels, Isabelle

Contributor: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

DOI: 10.18449/2022C41

URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-81696-9

Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.

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Werenfels, Isabelle
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

Time of origin

2022

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