On September 1 at the presidential palace of Baabda in Beirut, Emmanuel Macron warned all Lebanese political leaders, while the country, bruised by the tragic explosion of August 4, needed a
"mission government"
outside partisan influences, to straighten Lebanon.
"I do not know what the next few weeks will give, I only know one thing, if this call to rise above particular interests is not heard, (...) the promise will be betrayed"
, he had declared, in allusion to the appeal launched a century earlier by General Gouraud for the founding of Greater Lebanon.
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Sunday evening, whereas the day before the Prime Minister, Moustapha Adib, had had to give up forming this mission government, Emmanuel Macron drew the lessons of these four weeks when the Elysee tried in vain to convince each other to '' honor their commitments made in Beirut.
"I am ashamed for your leaders,"
said the head of state at a press conference
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