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Tunis asks Brussels to ease loan conditions in face of IMF impasse

The Tunisian government is seeking a relaxing of the conditions for the disbursement of a tranche of the €300m that the EU has earmarked for macro-financial assistance. But community institutions are still concerned at some of the political measures being taken by Kais Saied. [...]

Published on 28/04/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Banque centrale de Tunisie
European Union
Instance Superieure Independante pour les Elections
International Monetary Fund
Josep Borrell
Kais Saied
Marouane Abassi
Oliver Varhelyi
Samir Said
UGTT
World Bank

Tunisia
New Economy Minister Feryel Ouerghi Sebai marks territory with Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar

Spotted by Kais Saied in 2023, Feryel Ouerghi Sebai continues her ascent within the government, quickly taking over affairs that the head of the foreign ministry had been handling in the interim.

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Tunisia
PM treads fine line between Saied and IMF

Negotiations for the grant of a nearly $2bn loan may soon reopen, but the International Monetary Fund first wants to resume its consultation that was abruptly called off by Tunis in December.

Subscribers only Finance 17.04.2024

Tunisian Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani, 17 November 2023, in Tunis.

Tunisia
Tunis hatches unlikely plan to fill state coffers

Tunisia’s finance ministry is preparing a bill that would give the state rapid access to fresh money. Various attempts made so far have not produced results deemed satisfactory. But the new bill also looks likely to fail.

Subscribers only Finance 04.04.2024

Tunisia
Lenders seek guarantees from Kais Saied

Despite some positive signals in 2023, Tunisia is still in a race against time to balance its budget amid increasing reluctance from its international partners

Subscribers only Finance 25.10.2023

Tunisian President Kais Saied during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on 14 December 2022 in Washington, DC.

Morocco
New EU visit to Rabat in midst of Moroccogate

Just three weeks after the visit of the European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell, the European neighbourhood and enlargement commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi, is due in Rabat at a time of very strained relations between the EU and Morocco.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.01.2023

Tunisia
The growing rift between Kaïs Saïed and the Tunisian Central Bank

As negotiations with the IMF over the highly criticised 2023 draft budget bill are coming to a close, BCT Governor Abassi and President Saïed's opinions continue to diverge.

Subscribers only Politics 21.12.2022

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed and the Governor of the Tunisian Central Bank, Marouane Abassi.

Tunisia, United States
Kaïs Saïed returns from Washington empty-handed

Kaïs Saïed's visit to the United States for the recent US-Africa summit should have resulted in a resumption of dialogue between Tunis and Washington, but the Tunisian president failed to win over his hosts.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.12.2022

Tunisia President Kais Saied (centre) arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, US, 12 December 2022.

Tunisia
EU frets about Tunisia legislative elections

Brussels is anxiously awaiting the results of the first round of legislative elections in Tunisia on 17 December. The European Union is concerned about the lack of campaigning and a boycott by opposition parties.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2022

Egypt
EU allocates €19.5m to supply Egyptian defence ministry

As part of an €80m aid programme, the EU has committed to help the Egyptian armed forces prevent illegal immigration. France is playing a major role in this partnership.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.11.2022

Tunisia
EU and Tunis discuss deployment of observers for parliamentary elections

The European Union is in talks with Tunis to send observers to monitor the Tunisian legislative elections scheduled for 17 December.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 13.10.2022

Tunisia
Extra marines to protect US embassy in Tunis

The non-replacement of the US ambassador to Tunisia Donald Blome, whose mandate ended in April, has not prevented the State Department from further boosting the security of its mission in Tunis.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 20.05.2022

Tunisia
Concerned European Parliament to send its Human Rights Committee to Tunis

A delegation of MEPs will visit Tunis to monitor human rights in the country and assess the political situation. The visit was prompted by the critical report of a previous delegation to the EU Foreign Affairs Committee.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.05.2022

Tunisia
Macron puts pressure on Saied, but Paris plays it safe in Brussels

A conversation between the French and Tunisian heads of state last week was frank. Macron told Saied he was concerned both by the economic crisis in Tunisia and by his counterpart's political choices. But within the EU, France remains much less critical than other member countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.05.2022

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Tunisian counterpart Kaïs Saïed.

Tunisia
Diplomatic blunder sends Saied on phantom Moscow trip

Even though it was announced by the Tunisian ambassador to Russia, Kais Saied's visit to Moscow is not actually on the cards. The error caused quite a stir in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last week.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.05.2022

Tunisia
Khalil Tazarki and Mustapha Nebli clear path in Strasbourg before MEP visit

MEPs are meeting with President Kais Saied and leading political figures in Tunis this week. In anticipation of their trip, two diplomats - the director general for Europe Khalil Tazarki and Mustapha Nebli, a former member of the president's cabinet - were in Strasbourg to clear the air.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.04.2022

Tunisia
EU and G7 ambassadors take step back from Tunis

Anxious following Nadia Akacha's departure and alarmed by the announcement of the dissolution of the Supreme Judicial Council, embassies are limiting themselves to informal political consultations. President Kaïs Saïed has not managed to convince them to act otherwise.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.02.2022

Tunisia's Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi.

Tunisia
EIB sends VP Ricardo Mourinho Félix on salvage mission to Tunis

The European Investment Bank, which lends millions of euros to Tunisia each year, is planning to send its vice-president to Tunis in early December. This despite the new PM Najla Bouden still having to appoint an economic adviser.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 25.11.2021

The vice-president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Ricardo Mourinho Felix.

Spotlight | Tunisia
Court of Accounts reform provokes new row with IMF

Relations between Tunisia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which are already strained, risk degenerating into open warfare over the planned reform of the Court of Accounts. According to our sources, the IMF has made the affair a casus belli [.

Subscribers only Politics 18.04.2019

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Josep Borrell
Kais Saied
Marouane Abassi
Oliver Varhelyi
Samir Said
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Tunis asks Brussels to ease loan conditions in face of IMF impasse

Tunisia
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Tunisia
PM treads fine line between Saied and IMF

Tunisia
Tunis hatches unlikely plan to fill state coffers

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Lenders seek guarantees from Kais Saied

Morocco
New EU visit to Rabat in midst of Moroccogate

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Kaïs Saïed returns from Washington empty-handed

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EU frets about Tunisia legislative elections

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