Emmanuel Macron arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for trade talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Having signed a strategic partnership deal in Riyadh, the pair pledged to work for peace in the Middle East, particularly in Lebanon.
An Élysée spokesman said Macron wants ‘presidential elections to be held in Lebanon, with the aim of bringing the Lebanese together and carrying out the reforms necessary for the country’s stability and security.’
No one wants to be seen trying to save Emmanuel Macron
The irony won’t have been lost on the French. A recent poll revealed that nearly two-thirds of the country think their president should resign in the event that his government, under the leadership of Michel Barnier, receives a vote of no confidence in response to their proposed budget.
That vote will take place on Wednesday, almost certainly bringing to an end Barnier’s short-lived premiership and making his 90-day tenure the shortest in the history of the Fifth Republic.
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