Al-Akhbar: Paris prepares for Macron’s visit … a tendency to calm and an attempt to bridge the points of view



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Sources familiar with the current line of contacts in the government formation line pointed out the tendency towards calm between the parties because “the French side, before the third visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Lebanon, is preparing the ground for prepare the ground by resuming communication with both the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, and the President-designate. ” Saad Hariri and the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, could drive a hole in the wall to speed up the formation of the government.

While the sources said that “Macron’s agenda so far does not include a meeting with any political or official official except the President of the Republic,” confirming that “the adviser to the French president for Near East Affairs, Patrick Durrell, who manages The convergence of views, conveyed a message to stakeholders that Macron will not carry any new initiatives with him. Rather, what he had previously demanded in his previous visits regarding the need to streamline government formation and implementation of reforms , “As for what Macron will take out of his pocket, it is the threat” with the consequences of the European Union in case of obstruction, that is, the imposition of European sanctions on the political class. “

The sources noted that “it is not true that the French are neutral in the government formation record. Rather, they are putting conditions on Prime Minister Hariri, especially with regard to key ministries, such as Energy and Communications.”



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