Tunisia is the subject of nine energy project expressions of interest with a potential value of about €33 billion, according to European Commission official Erwan Martin. The proposals are part of 38 submissions under the EU’s T-MED initiative across seven partner countries; the sums are prospective, not approved funding, and most proposals remain at an early stage. T-MED seeks to develop renewable energy, renewable hydrogen, clean technologies, and electricity infrastructure, with regional goals by 2035 that include up to €25 billion in mobilized investment, 15 gigawatts of new renewable capacity, and training for 100,000 people. EU-Tunisia cooperation is also intended to strengthen energy security, reduce fossil-fuel dependence, and support jobs and business competitiveness, alongside reforms to ease project approvals and grid access.

Italian ambassador to Tunisia Alessandro Prunas said the Elmed electricity interconnector would strengthen energy security and deepen interdependence between Tunisia and Italy, while also supporting broader Euro-Mediterranean cooperation. The first planned electricity cable linking Africa and Europe is designed to transmit power in either direction, including to Tunisia when needed. The European Commission has allocated €307 million through the Connecting Europe Facility; Prunas said he hoped further links would follow.

An investigation finds a substantial gap between Tunisia’s formal protections for migrants and their practical access to legal status and rights. Tunisia has laws against racial discrimination and provides some healthcare and education, but lacks a comprehensive national asylum law; undocumented migrants face barriers in court, weak reporting of discrimination, restrictions on work and property, and a 3,000-dinar overstay fine that can prevent people from leaving. Official population data counts 66,349 migrants of all nationalities but does not provide a reliable separate total for sub-Saharan Africans. Interviews with migrants and a lawyer describe insecurity, discrimination, and difficulty obtaining identity documents, while officials emphasize sovereignty, camp removals, and voluntary returns. International agencies report significant protection needs and funding gaps. The investigation concludes that legal and policy reforms are needed to close the gap between written guarantees and migrants’ lived experience.

After Tunisia’s national team was eliminated from the World Cup with three group-stage defeats, coach and former player Moncef Mejri attributed the disappointing performance to structural weaknesses in training, long-term planning and technical management. He called for merit-based selection and cited Italy’s youth academies, club organization and development of young players as a model. Mejri argued that Tunisian players’ limited presence in Serie A reflects a lack of organized scouting and established links, and urged closer cooperation between the two countries’ football federations through training, technical exchanges and youth-development programs.