However, a group of MEPs from the European parliament were refused entry to the country, raising fresh concerns about President Kais Saied’s commitment to address questions of human rights abuses.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/17/italian-pm-warns-migration-an-issue-for-all-of-europe-on-lampedusa-visit

“Tunisia and its people do not seek sympathy, but rather reject it if it lacks respect,’’ Tunisian News Agency (TAP) quoted President Kais Saied as saying, at a meeting with Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar on Monday evening.

Source: https://www.africanexaminer.com/tunisia-rejects-eu-financial-aid/

“We are also here to send a message to democratic nations and to European governments not to support and legitimise Kais Saied.”

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/23837557.families-imprisoned-tunisian-dissidents-turn-international-criminal-court/?ref=rss

With a cult of personality taking shape, parliament’s back broken and a neutered political opposition, Kais Saied’s Tunisia is a world away from the one that gave birth to the Jasmine Revolution in 2011.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/race-riots-the-latest-evidence-of-tunisias-malaise/