Abdel Aziz Hali 25 October 2021
Pro- and anti-Saied demonstrators are staging a growing “squares battle” after the centralization of powers in the hands of the President.
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- Gianni Del Panta 6 October 2021From Egypt to Tunisia, from Algeria to Morocco, Islamist and democratic hopes alike have been dashed, or crashed. Time to reflect on how that could happen.
- Abdel Aziz Hali 4 October 2021The poorly known Tunisian geologist was tasked by President Saied of forming a new government. Will she have any space to deliver?
- Mohammed Hashas 20 September 2021Why were the moderate Islamists of PJD ousted from power, and how can that change Morocco’s political scenario?
- Fabio Turco 17 September 2021Anti-Fidesz party join their forces to find the best-suited competitor to Hungary’s Prime Minister. Can they resurrect an agonizing democracy?
- Federica Zoja 26 August 2021Tunisia’s President Kaïs Saïed has announced the extension “until further notice” of the state of exception. While free voices are increasingly intimidated.
- Federica Zoja 30 July 2021Eighty-seven per cent of Tunisians support the President’s decision to ‘freeze’ parliament’s work for 30 days. Yet the danger of an authocratic swing is high.
- The author of “Reopening Muslim Minds” discusses his call to fellow Mulsims across the world to rediscover that distinctive cosmopolitan approach which once made Islam great.
- Mariano Giustino 30 March 2021Turkey’s highest Court is to review a request to close down the leftist, pro-Kurdish party. Yet for the ruling AKP and its strongman, the political move could well backfire.
- Simone Disegni 26 March 2021The public opinion is losing sight on the democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe. Equally distracted, the EU risks a shipwreck on fundamental values.
