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French President Emmanuel Macron, who will pay a second visit to Lebanon on Monday night, lasting 24 hours, has warned of the outbreak of “a civil war if we abandon it.” As requested “to carry out reforms, especially in the area of the banking system and the public market.”
“If we leave Lebanon, there will be a civil war.” So he warned Emmanuel macron He will return to Lebanon on Monday for the second time in a month, in a maneuver aimed at breaking the political stalemate that prevents the formation of a new government capable of posing challenges and giving new impetus to the collapsing Lebanese economy.
وقال Macron From Paris, “If we leave Lebanon in the region and if we somehow leave it in the hands of corrupt regional powers, a civil war will break out”, and this will lead to “undermining Lebanese identity”, in the country that witnessed a devastating explosion in early August in the port of Beirut that killed 181 people.
Macron referred to the “restrictions imposed by the sectarian system” that, if added – to put it conservatively – to the relevant interests “lead to” a situation in which there is almost no (political) renewal and where there is almost no impossibility to carry out reforms. “
“No-interference claim” approach
The French president listed some reforms that must be undertaken, among which the approval of a law to “fight corruption” and “reform of the public sector and the energy market, as well as the banking sector,” stands out. He warned again: “If we do not carry out all these reforms, the Lebanese economy will collapse, and the only victim of that will be the Lebanese people who cannot leave the country and live in exile.”
And went Emmanuel macron He paid a whirlwind visit to Lebanon two days after the twin explosion that targeted the port of Beirut on August 4, as huge amounts of ammonium nitrate had caught fire. This explosion left 181 dead and thousands injured, while some Beirut residents lost their homes and became refugees in their homeland.
Next Tuesday, the French president will inspect the neighborhoods destroyed in the capital, Beirut, as a result of the explosion, in addition to carrying out operations to remove debris and distribute humanitarian aid.
However, Macron is expected to push forward efforts to resolve the complex political crisis, nearly three weeks after the government’s resignation.
France 24
