Tunisia has dismissed concerns expressed by the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, warning of a looming economic collapse in the country.
Mr Borrell said on Monday that a very dangerous situation was developing in which new flows of migrants would head from the North African country to southern Europe.
Tunisia’s foreign ministry described the comments as “overblown”.
Italy, which lies just north of Tunis, has expressed its fears of a Tunisian collapse.
On Tuesday, the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said Rome was making every effort to ensure a proposed $2bn (£1.6bn) IMF loan for Tunisia goes ahead.
