Invite Tunisia to Join the European Union
In North Africa's New and Struggling Democracy, EU Membership Could Make All the Difference
Tunisia, welcome to Europe—if you still want to join us.
Four years ago, in Germany’s newspaper for intellectuals, Die Zeit, the prominent author Gero von Randow called for Tunisia to be granted membership in the European Union. Today, we Europeans should be scratching our heads about why we haven’t already asked.
Yes, Tunisia is in North Africa, not far across the Mediterranean from Italy. But as a German who has done democracy work in Tunisia, I’ve learned there are three strong and rational reasons for making Tunisia an EU member, as …
