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The European Union and Tunisia signed a strategic partnership in Tunis recently, focusing on the fight against illegal immigration. It is also designed to support the North African country in the face of serious economic difficulties
The European Union and Tunisia signed a strategic partnership in Tunis recently, focusing on the fight against illegal immigration. It is also designed to support the North African country in the face of serious economic difficulties. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, welcomed the agreement, which will enable Tunisia to invest in shared prosperity, citing five pillars, including the all-important question of migration.
Along with Libya, Tunisia is the main point of departure for thousands of migrants crossing the central Mediterranean to Europe. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte accompanied the European leader after the trio’s first visit a month ago, during which they proposed this partnership, which has five pillars such as macro-economic stability, trade and investment, green energy transition, people-to-people links, migration and mobility.
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The Mou is mainly designed to tackle the migration crisis in an integrated way. The MOU also provides for extending the Erasmus exchange program to Tunisia and provides €65 million in aid for 80 schools. On the energy front, the European leaders recalled that Tunisia is involved in projects for an undersea fiber-optic cable and an electricity cable to link the two shores of the Mediterranean.
