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Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic and political life must work to overcome useless and counterproductive polarisation, and to find solutions to domestic, regional and international problems.

I believe democracy will succeed in Tunisia, but I also believe that it will succeed in the other Arab Spring countries.

To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain.

I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.

Tunisia is small - just ten million, no great natural resources.

There's always Tunisia. Amid the smoking ruins of the Middle East, there is that one encouraging success story.

The future begins today! What is important is what we do today and tomorrow for Tunisia and all its children. We must work hand in hand.

Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education.

Tunisia was not for the United States an important country in the way, let's say, Algeria was because of its gas, because of its size, because of its struggle against terrorism that sometimes turned bloody.

In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties.