TUNIS (Reuters) - The European Union has approved a 305 million euro (267 million pounds) financial assistance package for Tunisia to help youth find jobs and boost local development, the bloc said on Wednesday.
The EU said in a statement the record financing deal reflected its strong ambition to create better chances for Tunisian youth. "The adopted programmes will facilitate access to the job market for young Tunisians, boost entrepreneurial innovation and ensure that local communities are not left behind," Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, said in the statement.
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