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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Eu offers tunisia aid package seeks tighter border control - What They Never Told You

From left, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meet in Tunis, June 11, 2023 [Italian Premier Office/via AP]

The European Union is considering offering Tunisia some 900 million euros ($967m) to support its economy, plus an immediate 150 million euros ($161m) in budget support once a “necessary agreement is found”, according to European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen.

Along with von der Leyen, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni were in Tunisia on Sunday for talks with the country’s President Kais Saied.

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