Istituto Affari Internazionali – Why Youth Empowerment Can Sustain Tunisia’s Democratic Consolidation

This paper focuses on the importance of the empowerment of young Tunisians in the democratic consolidation process in Tunisia. It demonstrates how Tunisian youth was the trigger of the Jasmine revolution and how its demands were among the main factors that guided the process of transition to democracy. This paper also investigates the role of the European Union by recommending possible policies that could play a role in assisting youth empowerment in Tunisia.