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I can tell you that of course we are aware of difficulties and obstacles to the European Union, especially the funding of civil society activities in Tunisia. We are devoting a great deal of attention to trying to resolve these issues. I myself have just visited Tunisia, on 12 and 13 October, and I took the opportunity to raise these issues with all the people I spoke to: the Prime Minister, the Minister for Cooperation and International Development and the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
I have also met civil society representatives in Tunisia, notably the associations that are encountering difficulties in receiving support from the European Union, the Tunisian League of Human Rights and the Association of Women for Research and Development. I must say I strongly encouraged the Tunisian authorities to rapidly unblock the four projects that are still currently blocked, representing a total of EUR 143 000. I have also made it clear that the problems with the implementation of our civil society and governance projects will have very negative consequences for our future financial cooperation with Tunisia.
I hope that these talks will have an effect and that we will be able to unblock the projects very soon.
The future financial envelope for partners including Tunisia will, of course, specifically take account of progress on the current projects."@en1
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