Italian Tunisia?

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Is there a way to get the Italians to colonize Tunisia instead of the French? If so what effect would it have had on Italy, emigration, and the economy? As part of this Italy gets its OTL empire in addition to Tunisia. Can it hold it and make it essentially part of Italy, more so than Algeria was part of France?
 
Is there a way to get the Italians to colonize Tunisia instead of the French? If so what effect would it have had on Italy, emigration, and the economy? As part of this Italy gets its OTL empire in addition to Tunisia. Can it hold it and make it essentially part of Italy, more so than Algeria was part of France?


Well by 1881 there were already a sizeble italian community in Tunisia and frankly was considered a de facto protectorate/colony by Rome thanks to the heavy investment and privilege both economic and diplomatic enjoied by the italians...so the problem is not get Tunisa but keep it.
Maybe at the Berlin congress of 1878, Italy don't remain isolated and accept as compensation for the Austrian occupation of Bosnia a formal aquisition of Tunisia.
If this happen some compensation for France will be needed (some economic reassurance regarding their interest in Tunisia and probably Libya will be occupied by the French) and some reassurance towards the British regarding the straits.

If Tunisia remain/become Italian, well economically it will be a very good things...in OTL the French occupation and the nullification of the italian economic interest were a severe blow and frankly the land is the perfect settler colony for Italy so if Libya got a high numbers of colonist, image a place much more confortable.

The things is that the hand is played well enough an alliance with France is possible or at least butterfling Crispi and is rabid Francophopia (that have in the 'Slap of Tunisi' a great ground for grown nationally) who caused a disastrous commercial war between Italy and France...and was one of the great cause of the mass emigration of the time.
Even if things goes as OTL regarding the relationships between Italy and France, after that is probable that Rome will sign the Alliance with Germany and Austria from the start in 1879 due to the added pressure
 
Historically, Tripolitania has had closer links to Tunisia than to Cyrenaica. This could have massive consequences for Libya in our timeline, if it would even still emerge.
 
If this happen some compensation for France will be needed (some economic reassurance regarding their interest in Tunisia and probably Libya will be occupied by the French) and some reassurance towards the British regarding the straits.
Definitely necessary.

Historically, Tripolitania has had closer links to Tunisia than to Cyrenaica. This could have massive consequences for Libya in our timeline, if it would even still emerge.
Tunisia and Tripolitania to Italy, Cyrenaica to [British-controlled] Egypt?
 
There was the chance of a Franco-Italian War when France moved on Tunisia, lots of occasions existed when the Bey's requests for Italian help could have been acted on, but Rome continually counselled neutrality.

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Grey Wolf
 
Shouldn't it just survive Ottoman until *WW1?

Sphere of interest. balance of power and prestige, if Italy get Tunisia it can't have Libya (it was suggested initially that Rome accepted that as a compensation for the loss of Tunisa but the goverment declined) as France will loathe to show 'weakness', it's probably end with a treaty like OTL Tunisia, with the French 'administering' the place in the name of the porte.
 
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