Resumen de Tunisia’s Future Lasts a Long Time
The president sees himself as the reincarnation of Bourguiba.
But the respect of millions of Tunisians turned to amusement, contempt and now outright anger.
Economic growth is stuck just above 1%. Public debt has risen from 35.6% of GDP in 2010 to 62.1% as of January this year.
Budget deficit has gone up from 3.9% to close to 6.2% between 2014 and today.
By appointing successive prime ministers who are civil servants, the head of state condemns the Tunisian government to impotence the very day they take office.
It is time for UGTT to decide whether it should create a party and enter the political arena, separately or in coalition with other parties.
Nidha Tunes has proved incapable of putting its economic policy into practice because it was always a loose coalition of very different economic interests while Nahda has always practiced magic economics.
Aid from international donors is guaranteed, for the time being, if only because Tunisia lies in a region of great importance, in terms of security, to the European Union. But free meals do not last indefinitely.
If more international arbitration cases go against Tunisia, not least in the banking and oil and gas sectors, the damage to the country’s reputation as an attractive place to invest for international companies will be immense.
