Tunisian Independence – Between Political Negotiations and Armed Resistance

Tunis — March 20, 1956 was not an ordinary date, but a decisive milestone in Tunisia’s contemporary history. On that day, after 75 years of French colonial domination, Tunisia broke with a past of subjugation, following the signing in Paris of the independence protocol.

France then officially recognised Tunisia’s full sovereignty over its entire territory, occupied since May 12, 1881, the date of the signing of the Treaty of Bardo establishing the protectorate regime.

The celebration of the 70th…