This is “unexpected ending” enthuses the French-language state daily The Press, after the announcement, by press release, of the signing of a social pact on August 12 between the government, the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), the main trade union, and the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and crafts (Utica), the main representative of employers.
According to the press release from the presidency of the government, the agreement reached should lead, after discussions that began on August 15, to “bilateral or tripartite agreements concerning certain issues related to social benefits and expected economic reforms”.
This agreement is good news for the future of negotiations between Tunisia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with a view to