Brussels, 09/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini has sent her congratulations to the Tunisian people on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the National Dialogue Quartet, which brought the country out of deep institutional crisis in 2012 and 2013.
The Quartet comprises two unions (the Tunisian general labour union, and the Tunisian union for industry, trade and employers) and two structured civil society organisations (the Tunisian league for the defence of human rights - LTDH, and the Tunisian national order of lawyers).
“This prize awards the artisans of a unique democratic transition in which civil society played a decisive role to preserve national unity and democracy”, Mogherini stated. “We pay tribute to the whole of Tunisian civil society, and we renew our commitment to supporting its action”, she added. (Original version in French by Fathi B'Chir)