The President has turned down €60m of funding from Europe and is no closer to agreement on a $1.9bn IMF programme, It is increasingly hard to see where Tunisia will source financial support in the coming months after President Kaïs Saïed rejected funding from the European Union. Last week Saïed s government returned €60 million to the European Union, describing the sum as derisory and without respect , a move that has thrown the €785m cash for migrant control programme into doubt.
European officials bristle after autocratic leader dismisses their offer as derisory
, The future of the €785 million (US$828m) cash for migrant control deal between Tunisia and the European Union is in question after President Kaïs Saïed dismissed a €60m payment by Brussels as derisory and charity . This is despite the payment having been formally requested by his finance minister Samir Saïed on 31 August.