On October 25, 2018, the European Union announced a €270 million financial support in favor of many sectors in Tunisia.

The agreements related to these funds were signed the first day of the official visit of the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker (photo, on the left) in Tunisia on the invitation of  Béji Caïd Essebsi (photo, on the right side), Tunisia’s president.

These agreements are for energy transition (€50 million), support to tax reforms and social solidarity economy  (€70 million), competitivity and external trade (€90 million) and support to the justice sector (€60 million).

"Today, we have just signed four agreements about a total of 270 million euros, which proves that our relations have not been stalling but, they continue to improve every day", Mr. Juncker said during a press conference. He also indicated that the European Union has granted "a total of 10 billion euro" to Tunisia since the 2011 revolution which ousted president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali from power.