Lebanon missed the French opportunity … Europe is worried about terrorism and the economy



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Hiyam Al-Qasifi wrote in Al-Akhbar that Lebanon missed the opportunity for French and European interests after the port explosion to go ahead with a reform project and get help to save it from continued economic and financial collapse. The economic and security struggles that Europe is going through will be an additional burden that it will face in the economic and security fields, based on a number of considerations.

Europe barely emerged from the effects of the first wave of Corona and the negative economic repercussions, until it began to face a second, more deadly wave, which made countries routinely cautious about opting for the tougher option like the clasp, following the same pattern, like Germany, and then France, Britain and Spain, and the rope on the tractor. . While these measures take into account different operational and economic measures of the past, they will cause these countries to face new economic crises, which automatically means tightening their belts and rationalizing spending on international conferences to help countries, including Lebanon, especially since what appeared before the IMF and its financiers and the capitals that I hastened to provide aid after the explosion of August 4, because Lebanon does not enjoy a high level of responsibility with respect to its national and international obligations. And he continues to reflect this in specialized political and media reports, by elevating his rhetoric against the recklessness of Lebanese officials.

Coinciding with the second wave of the epidemic, the wave of terrorism began to hit Europe, starting with France, reaching Austria, with the mobilization of other European countries. This alert affects Lebanon in one way or another. In France, French President Emmanuel Macron’s concern about this terrorist wave, especially after the reactions in some Islamic countries against him personally, starting with Turkey, represent a fundamental concern that prevails over everything else. And as the countdown to the French presidential elections has begun, Macron, according to an expert on French affairs, cannot take any missteps, neither European nor Mediterranean, which would halt many of the initiatives that he fears will falter, noting that in Paris Today there is talk of Reconnecting and improving relations with Washington, after the US elections, and activating them, which is reflected in many archives, including the Middle East and Lebanon.
Franco-European concern did not begin at the time of the assassination of French teacher Samuel Bati or the Nice attack, but from a set of Mediterranean, regional and international factors: the reconversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque last July, the Armenian conflict -Azerbaijani and the role of Turkey alongside Azerbaijan (France witnessed clashes between Turkish groups against Armenian protesters a few days ago), and tension in the air with Greece and Cyprus almost daily, by air, sea and land, the latter of which is the victory of the ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the presidency in the northern part of Cyprus, which Erdogan will visit soon, and the role of Ankara in Libya, which has been the subject of a severe European attack. Escalate his rhetoric against Europe. In addition to all this, Turkey has intensified its exploitation of the issue of displaced Syrians since its explosion, to blackmail all European countries into providing them with the necessary funds to prevent their influx. When the countries of the Union turned off the “tap” on money, Turkey rushed to open its doors to pay the displaced. Turkey has been increasing its pressure on Europe for seven years, which practically froze Ankara’s accession negotiations with it, through associations and a strong presence among immigrants, such as Germany, Belgium and France. In addition to European countries backing Turkey’s role, talk has finally begun about the sharp rise in Qatar’s influence. The French, in particular, began to speak of the volume of Qatari investments in sports, cultural and commercial institutions, and of selling part of their history to Qatar, coinciding with clues about their role and Turkey in financing associations closer to the line. of the Muslim Brotherhood, in addition to intelligence monitoring of Qatari funding for associations that may be on the way to closing in France. The result of an intersection with fundamentalist ideas. Germany highlighted the fact that Turkey hosted the Vienna striker with other Germans, noting that Vienna had previously expelled some 60 Turkish imams and closed Turkish-funded mosques. It seems remarkable, meanwhile, that Macron himself visited the Austrian embassy to sign the act of condolences, as a European framework of solidarity against terrorism, especially since his words against this type of fundamentalist Islam began to be used in European sermons , with calls for unified efforts against him, in parallel with the abstention of Centriendo en el Golfo, on the contrary, showing messages condemning the Gulf states to acts of terrorism in Europe.
All these events are reflected in Lebanon. In addition to the political concern about the situation in Lebanon, there is a concern for national and international security to pursue the awakening of extremist Islamic elements, especially a young generation. It can be said that the rhetoric has returned to its local reach in recent days, in the context of caution against any activation of the dormant cells, which may benefit from the conditions of multifaceted local concern to strike suddenly. This coincided with indications of a Turkish presence in the security field, and the possibility of escalating this role, linked to some groups that benefit from it, and this talk was said in more than one security meeting. The same applies to the constant obsession with the infiltration of extremist elements into Europe from Lebanon. Although the various Lebanese factions avoided exaggerating the size of the solidarity with France or Vienna to avoid any provocation, and this was evident even in the reactions to the Hizb ut-Tahrir demonstration, the lesson remains that the size of the security preparation , to deal with any sleeper cells, it is completely different from the busy political environment. Distribute rations and bags.

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