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On Sunday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian expressed his pessimism about the situation in Lebanon, comparing it to the Titanic, but without the orchestra. “The Lebanese are in complete denial while they are drowning,” Le Drian said. “There isn’t even music.”
French Chancellor Jean-Yves Le Drian indicated that the political and economic collapse in the Lebanon Similar to the sinking of the Titanic, but without music.
“Lebanon is Titanic without the orchestra … the Lebanese are in total denial and drowning, and there is not even music,” Le Drian said in an interview published in Le Figaro newspaper on Sunday.
Le Drian’s remarks drew a pessimistic note ahead of a visit scheduled in just over a week by French President Emmanuel. Macron To Beirut. It will be Macron’s third visit since a massive explosion at a port destroyed large swaths of the city and killed 200 people in August.
Macron is running out of patience with rival Lebanese politicians as their disputes over influence remain an obstacle to comprehensive reforms that donors say are necessary before sending much-needed planned financial aid to the country.
The Titanic Orchestra is believed to have continued to play for as long as possible until the ship sank in the Atlantic in 1912, in an effort to help the passengers calm down amid impending doom that ultimately claimed everyone’s lives. the musicians.
France 24 / Reuters
