The opposition Popular Front party is calling on the protests to continue on until the government’s 2018 budget has been repealed. Chahed has said 2018 will be Tunisia’s “last difficult

year” as he seeks to reduce the country’s deficit from 6% to 4.9%. Tunisians have already been struggling with high unemployment and rising prices. The situation is likely to intensify with

a fall in the country’s currency.  Joblessness and poverty were two of the key factors behind the Arab Spring protests in the country in 2011. Tunisia is widely seen as the only democratic

success story among the Arab Spring nations, it has also had nine governments since then, none of which have been able to deal with growing economic problems.