French President Emmanuel Macron said that the Lebanese political forces pledged to form the government within 15 days, warning of the consequences if those forces did not achieve what they pledged by the end of next October, and the vicinity of the Lebanese Parliament witnessed yesterday clashes between the security forces and demonstrators protesting the situation the list.

Macron confirmed in a press conference yesterday, Tuesday, during his visit to Beirut that he will not present Lebanon with a blank check, and that if reforms are not implemented, international aid will stop, and the most important reforms required are the electricity and banking sector reform, and judicial reforms.

The French President added that the partisan forces, in coordination with the Lebanese President Michel Aoun, have all committed to the government being ready within the coming days, with competent figures and enjoying the support of all political forces.

President Macron stated that "the most important thing is the road map drawn up by all Lebanese forces, and this time without exception, that is, even from the forces that did not support the new prime minister."

And the French presidency announced that Macron is planning a third visit to Beirut in December.

Conference and possible sanctions


Macron said that he invited Lebanese President Michel Aoun, the new Prime Minister Mustafa Adib, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and the rest of the powers to attend a conference to be held in Paris in October to assess the reforms that the Lebanese authorities will achieve.

The French President indicated that his country will organize a new international support conference with the United Nations in Paris in the second half of next month in order to help Lebanon, which is suffering from a stifling financial crisis, added to it by the repercussions of the devastating explosion that struck the port of Beirut early last month.

On the ninth of last August, France sponsored an international conference in support of Lebanon, during which the participants pledged to provide more than 250 million euros to help the Lebanese, provided it would be provided under the auspices of the United Nations, and directly to the Lebanese people.

The Reuters news agency reported that the French President stated that it is possible to impose sanctions on the Lebanese authorities in the event of their corruption, adding that it will be coordinated with the European Union.

Macron's visit to Lebanon is the second since the Beirut port explosion, and the Lebanese political forces anticipated the arrival of the French President to Beirut on Monday night by agreeing to assign Mustafa Adib (48 years) to form the next government, after Hassan Diab's government resigned under public pressure following the port explosion.

Support for Mustafa Adib


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is Lebanon’s ambassador to Germany, who is unknown to the Lebanese, and Macron said in statements to the French website Prut yesterday that he would “put his weight” so that Adeeb, who met him twice in the past two days, can quickly form a government capable of Launching structural reforms.

Protesters near the parliament being pushed back by tear gas.

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- Nada Maucourant Atallah (@MaucourantNada) September 1, 2020

Yesterday, the vicinity of the Lebanese Parliament witnessed clashes between the security forces and demonstrators protesting the state of affairs in the country. The protesters gathered in Martyrs Square in central Beirut to mark the 100th anniversary of what is known as "Greater Lebanon", and they expressed their rejection of the political deal that came with Mustafa Adeeb To head the government, as they considered him part of the political class that they see as a cause of the crisis.

The protesters threw stones at the security forces, who in turn responded with tear gas.