On Lebanon, Macron told us: "as the saying goes 'one must imagine Sisyphus happy'... i have affection for the Lebanese ppl, an extraordinary ppl... it's a shame, and i say this with humility, that they don't have the leaders they deserve.
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Macron re:Lebanon: "what is difficult is that because of the violence that has taken hold with the Hezbollah, people no longer dare, and so political transition is not happening in the street. The system is blocked by this sort of diabolical pact between corruption and terror 2/5

Macron re:Lebanon "either there's a last wake-up call where the system produces sth imperfect but that follows the roadmap, either there's a deep depression that will lead to crisis, either crisis comes quicker.
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Macron re:Lebanon "what i will continue to push for as much as possible is to try to get a govt to resume our roadmap, that's still on the table... I will do everything so that a govt that's the least imperfect in the short-run is formed, to allow a peaceful pol transition 4/5

Macron re:Lebanon "if I look at things, if civil society knew how to produce a credible alternative outside violence, it wld have done it 6months ago or since last October. Otherwise transition will come from a moment of deep and severe crises, maybe that's what will happen"
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