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Ursula von der Leyen with Tunisia's Kais Saied. The EU says its cash-for-migrant deals with Tunis is mostly about jobs, energy, student exchanges, and other non-migratory related proposals (Photo: European Union, 2023)

EU defends track record in Tunisia amid pre-election crackdown

The European Commission has maintained its financial support to Tunisia is a positive, as authorities there continue to dump people in the deserts and crack down on dissent ahead of elections.

"We are fully aware that the situation on the ground is challenging," a European Commission spokesperson told reporters in Brussels on Friday (13 September), when presse...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Ursula von der Leyen with Tunisia's Kais Saied. The EU says its cash-for-migrant deals with Tunis is mostly about jobs, energy, student exchanges, and other non-migratory related proposals (Photo: European Union, 2023)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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