24 Feb 2013 - Jerome Scheltens is a guest in the Dutch radio show VPRO Bureau Buitenland. He explains the situation in Tunisia, where Laarayedh became prime minister. He replaces Jebali, who resigned after his initiative to form a technocratic government failed to garner political support.
An evening about the revolution, democracy and development in Tunisia. On March 6 2013, exactly 500 days after the first free elections in 2011, it's time for a follow up: what has the Arab Spring brought to Tunisia?
The Tunisian School of Politics (TSoP) is a joint initiative of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD), Demo Finland, the Bulgarian School of Politics and the Centre of Mediterranean and International Studies (CEMI).
In an article on the Tunisian elections, NIMD programme manager Jerome Scheltens is interviewed on the future of political parties in Tunisia. Should we fear the Islamic political party Ennahda?