Paris says it is not too late ... Lebanon passes the French deadline to form a government, amid a dispute over portfolios

Lebanese political forces failed to form a new government within the deadline set by French President Emmanuel Macron, due to a disagreement over ministerial portfolios, yet Paris said it was not too late to accomplish the task.

The Lebanese Prime Minister-designate, Mustafa Adib, postponed his visit to the presidential headquarters to meet with President Michel Aoun until Thursday, to make way for more contacts on the formation of the new government.

Macron visited Lebanon at the beginning of this month for the second time since the Beirut port explosion on the fourth of last August, and stressed the need to form a government of specialists within two weeks to implement urgent reforms.

At the time, the French president warned that Lebanon was in danger of "disappearing" if it did not implement the urgent reforms required in the midst of a stifling economic crisis, exacerbated by the port explosion, whose losses were estimated by international circles at no less than $ 8 billion.

While Hezbollah and the Amal movement insist on obtaining the Finance Ministry and naming the Shiite ministers, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said in a tweet on Twitter that the Finance Ministry and all other portfolios are not an exclusive right for any sect, and that the refusal to rotate the bags over the sects is a violation of the last chance to save Lebanon, as he put it. .

For his part, the Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said today that some do not understand - it seems - that the efforts led by France to extricate Lebanon from the crisis is the last chance to save the country, echoing Paris' warning that Lebanon faces the risk of disappearing unless it undertakes the required reforms, Which has become a condition set by Western countries to help Lebanon.

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The French presidency today expressed its regret for the lack of respect by Lebanese politicians to the pledges they made during Macron's second visit to Lebanon to form a government within two weeks.

The French presidency said - in a statement - that it is not too late, and that everyone must assume their responsibilities and work in the interest of Lebanon alone by allowing Prime Minister Mustafa Adib to form a government that meets the gravity of the situation.

When he visited Beirut for the second time after the port explosion, the French President warned that his initiative constituted a last chance for the existing regime in Lebanon.

Reports say that the Lebanese Prime Minister-designate tends to submit his resignation in the absence of a breakthrough in the formation of the government during the next 24 hours.

And in the event that Hezbollah and Amal do not get the support of Hezbollah and Amal for the new government, they may not win the confidence of MPs, according to the Associated Press.