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The European Commission has announced its initial €1.9 billion humanitarian aid budget for 2026, at a time when 239 million people need assistance and major donors are cutting funding. Commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management, Hadja Lahbib, brings this commitment to Davos today

L’Union européenne (UE) accorde à la Société tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz (STEG) une subvention d’assistance technique de 12 millions d’euros, mise en œuvre par la Banque européenne d’investissement. Ce soutien accompagne la réalisation d’ELMED, première interconnexion électrique entre...

Today and tomorrow, the Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, is in Tunis, to discuss progress under the Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership signed two years ago between the EU and Tunisia.

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Member States of the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) concluded their 3rd Ministerial Meeting, taking stock of progress on the Joint Vision for 2030 for a renewed Partnership

Tunis, 10 avril 2025 – Aujourd’hui s’ouvre à Tunis le séminaire international « Compétences et mobilité dans le secteur du Transport et de la Logistique », un événement clé qui réunit décideurs politiques, représentants d’entreprises, institutions de formation et organisations internationales.

L'Union européenne poursuit son engagement auprès de la Tunisie à travers le déboursement d'un soutien financier sous forme d'appui budgétaire d'une valeur de 150 millions d'euros au profit de la Tunisie…

Ce programme de 150 millions d'euros a pour objectif d'appuyer les efforts engagés par le gouvernement tunisien pour favoriser la relance de l'économie à travers, notamment, l'amélioration de la gestion des finances publiques et du climat des affaires et des investissements.

In support of the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a strategic and comprehensive partnership between the EU and Tunisia, the Commission is today announcing €60 million in budget support for Tunisia and an operational assistance package on migration worth around €67 millio…

Today, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in a Team Europe spirit, alongside the President of Tunisia, Kaïs Saied have agreed to implement the comprehensive partnership package announced jo

Building on our shared history, geographic proximity, and strong relationship, we have agreed to work together on a comprehensive partnership package, strengthening the ties that bind us in a mutually beneficial manner.

On 27 April the European Commissioner for Home Affairs – Ylva Johansson – travelled to Tunisia. She met Nabil Ammar (Minister for Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians abroad), Kamel Feki (Minister of Interior) and Malek Ezzahi (Minister for Social Affairs).

Je viens de réitérer au Président Saïed le soutien de l’Union européenne au peuple tunisien. 

Speech delivered by Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Várhelyi

On 5 September 2022, the conference “Tunisia’s association to Horizon Europe” was held in Tunis, gathering physically more than 380 high level participants representing the Tunisian research and innovation ecosystem. Researchers, small and medium-sized firms, start-ups, scientific societies

The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, has today disbursed €300 million in Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to Tunisia. This is the second and last disbursement under the COVID-19 MFA programme to Tunisia, approved to mitigate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic...

Today, as part of a wide-ranging response to mitigate the impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on the EU’s partner countries, the European Commission has presented an initiative for a regional “Food and Resilience Facility” worth €225 million…

Today, the Commission and Tunisia have signed the agreement granting the Republic of Tunisia the association status to Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme (2021-2027).

Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, will be in Tunis tomorrow to meet with the Tunisian President, Kais Saied, Prime Minister, Najla Bouden Romdhane, Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi, Minister of Defence Imed Memmich, Minister of Interior Taoufik Charfeddine...

On 25 March 2022, the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training signed a formal agreement on law enforcement training cooperation with Tunisia. The working arrangement was signed by the Executive Director of CEPOL, Ms. Montserrat Marín López, and the Director of the Centre national de formation