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Forming the New Tunisian Government: “Relative Majority” and the Reality Principle

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Forming the New Tunisian Government: “Relative Majority” and the Reality Principle

After peaceful legislative and presidential elections in Tunisia toward the end of 2014, which were lauded on both the national and international levels, the attempt to form a new government reveals the tensions among the various political forces and the difficulties of constructing a democratic system in the country that was the birthplace of the "Arab Spring."

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