Tunisia's struggling economy puts democracy at risk, study finds30.9.2024 13:52:30 CEST | news aktuell GmbHPress release

(Tunis/Los Angeles/DNA) – Tunisia's political landscape is undergoing a perilous shift. Once celebrated as the Arab Spring’s democratic success story, the country now faces the grim possibility of sliding back into authoritarianism, a new study warns. As the October 2024 elections loom, analysts warn that President Kaïs Saïed may tighten his grip on power, threatening to reverse the hard-won gains from the 2011 Jasmine Revolution. But what has led Tunisia to this moment? And why has economic stagnation stifled its democratic aspirations? Researchers behind a new Berggruen Governance Index (BGI) report analyze what happened and what may happen next. In late 2010, mass protests erupted in Tunisia, setting the stage for the Jasmine Revolution. This movement, ignited by public outcry against the autocratic rule of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, became the spark for the wider Arab Spring that swept through North Africa and the Middle East. While many neighboring nations soon experienced civil war
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