Press Release: Tunisia: New EU aid to support democratic transition

The European Union continues to support the reform process in Tunisia with new projects announced in Tunis on 15 March 2013. Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle who visits Tunisia as the first EU representative after the swearing-in of the new government, signed two contracts to finance actions on preventing gender violence and improving the performance of the justice sector in the area of juvenile delinquency.

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ESO: Background Information: EU's response to the “Arab Spring”: The State-of-Play after Two Years http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-eus-response-to-the-arab-spring-the-state-of-play-after-two-years/

ESO: Background Information: Further concrete support for transformation in Tunisia http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-further-concrete-support-for-transformation-in-tunisia/

European Commission: Rapid: MEMO/13/230: Press points by Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, at the end of his visit to Tunisia http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-230_en.htm

European Commission: Rapid: MEMO/13/206: EU Tunisia message of continued support http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-206_en.htm

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