On 16 July 2023, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, travelled to Tunis, Tunisia, with Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister. In Tunis they were received by Najla Bouden Romadhane, Tunisian Prime Minister, and later joined by Giorgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister. Later, Ursula von der Leyen, Mark Rutte and Giorgia Meloni met with Kaïs Saïed, President of Tunisia, to witness the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding by Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, and Mounir Ben Rjiba, Secretary of State at the Tunisian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad. The Memorandum of Understanding covers five pillars: macro-economic stability, trade and investment, green energy transition, people-to people contacts, and migration. It will be implemented through the various strands of cooperation between the European Union and Tunisia, following the relevant regulations and applicable procedures.Finally, following the signing ceremony, they held a press conference on the main aspects of the Memorandum of Understanding.