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Put the ball in Tunisia's court: new government and urgency of reform require modified EU approach
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract Despite a hostile environment, Tunisia's democratisation process since 2011 has survived and progressed. Yet crucial structural reforms to ensure effective governance, economic growth and resilient democracy have yet to be implemented. Elections in 2019 indicated a popular desire for a strong push ... view more
Despite a hostile environment, Tunisia's democratisation process since 2011 has survived and progressed. Yet crucial structural reforms to ensure effective governance, economic growth and resilient democracy have yet to be implemented. Elections in 2019 indicated a popular desire for a strong push for reforms. A new government took office at the end of February, but it remains to be seen how functional it will be. It encompasses parties whose views on certain questions are fundamentally opposed. This creates a dilemma for Tunisia's external partners: they would like to accelerate the pace of reforms but have little to show for their attempts to prod Tunisia into action. One option for spurring Tunisian initiative would be more targeted incentives for reforms and clearer conditionalities for financial assistance. Germany's reform partnerships are already a move in that direction, and Germany could use its EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2020 to persuade external donors to take a common line. (Autorenreferat)... view less
Keywords
EU; reform policy; voting; Africa; transitional society; political reform; international cooperation; formation of a government; democratization; election; self-responsibility; Tunisia; government; domestic policy; development aid policy; Federal Republic of Germany; financial assistance; development; EU member state; funding; economic reform; political situation; international organization; political system; incentive system; development aid
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Entwicklungshemmnis; Internationale Partnerschaft; Internationale Geber
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
4 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 14/2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2020C14
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications