Three years on, the cradle of the 'Arab Spring' remains volatile Tunisia is where the "Arab Spring" began but it is still without a strong central government almost three years after the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fell on January 14, 2011. Speaking before the appointment of a new candidate for Prime Minister, Pierre Vermeren a Maghreb specialist, believes that the country's situation is "dangerous" despite the fact that "civil society, a large part of the political class, remains very dynamic ." Images and soundbites