As Tunisian election officials last week confirmed the Islamist Ennahda party as a winner of the first free election in this North Africa nation´s history, the European Union was essentially faced with a dilemmatic situation. On the one hand, the EU High Representative welcomed the elections for the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia as historic. Yet, on the other hand, EU policy makers privately admit their concerns about what is likely to be the first Islamist-led government in the wake of the Arab Spring and what this will mean for Europe and its security in the near and medium term. While watching carefully to see how Tunisia´s Islamists will exercise their newly-gained political power, the EU should develop and implement a balanced approach to this North African country, combining keen interest and restraint.