During his visit this month, French President Emmanuel Macron gave Lebanon’s politicians a road map for policy changes and reform, set deadlines for them to take action and told them he’d be back in December to check on progress. It was a hands-on approach that angered some in Lebanon and was welcomed by others. Lebanon’s ruling class, in power since the end of the civil war in 1990, has run the tiny country and its population into the ground.
During his visit this month, French President Emmanuel Macron gave Lebanon’s politicians a road map for policy changes and reform, set deadlines for them to take action and told them he’d be back in December to check on progress. It was a hands-on approach that angered some in Lebanon and was welcomed by others. Lebanon’s ruling class, in power since the end of the civil war in 1990, has run the tiny country and its population into the ground.