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Vol 65 No 21

Published 18th October 2024


Tunisia

Fear and loathing off and on the campaign trail

President Saïed confected an election win that no one takes seriously as he lashes out at civil society

With the most credible opposition figures in detention or boycotting the presidential election on 6 October, Kaïs Saïed’s victory was pre-ordained and pointless at the same time. It will do nothing to mend the deepening social and economic crises in the country nor his fractious relations with the international financial institutions. The relationship with the European Union – one of mutual desperation as they pay him to interdict migrants sailing across the Mediterranean – will keep on.

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