Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he had
"taken note of the collective betrayal"
of the Lebanese political class after its failure to form a government, contrary to the commitment it made in early September.
The Lebanese parties
"bear full responsibility"
for this failure, and
"it will be heavy,"
added the French president during a press conference in Paris.
The political parties had made a commitment to Emmanuel Macron, who came to Beirut in early September, to form a cabinet of "competent" and "independent" ministers within two weeks. But on Saturday, Moustapha Adib, charged on August 31 to train him, threw in the towel, highlighting the lack of a consensus between the parties despite the urgency to carry out the reforms demanded by the international community to unblock billions of dollars in aid.
