On 24 May 2015, Rachid Ghannouchi, the newly chosen leader of Ennahda, an Islamist political party, has announced he would the end of political Islam of his party. Instead, he wants his party to embrace democracy and move towards Islamic democracy, similar to Christian democracy. Political and religious activities are to be separated in the future. It means a radical change of direction of Ennahda, that had lost the parliamentary elections in 2014 and became second.

Ghannouchi was Prime Minister earlier in 2011, following the victory of Ennahda during the Parliamentary Elections of 2011, but stepped aside following demands by demonstrators. His step down made it possible for a unitary government to be formed and helped pave the way to more democracy in Tunisia.The fact that the second most powerful political party of Tunisia now embraces democracy could help consolidate democracy in the longer term. Some see it as a compromise the party had to make, in order to remain a powerful political force in the country, as they do not hold the majority and could face the same fortune as the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, that has been banished.

Tunisia is considered as the only success story of the Arab Spring as the former authoritarian President Ben Ali was removed from power without much violence in 2010 and 2011, in contrast to other countries such as Libya and Syria that experienced conflict and war.

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