In Tunisia, the trade unions have rejected any attempt at cutting subsidies or trimming the enormous public sector wage bill. The Egyptian government promised that it would start selling off military owned and state-owned firms under an IMF agreement. In Lebanon, where you have this cabal of politicians and bankers who drove the country into financial crisis, they are resisting any attempt at reforming the financial sector. You have these powerful figures who are blocking reform in all three countries.

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