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How Najib Mikati got into Macron’s good graces

The French president is perceived as showing unwarranted tolerance toward the Lebanese caretaker prime minister, arguing that he is “trying to do his best.” 

How Najib Mikati got into Macron’s good graces

French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati after a working lunch at the Élysée Palace in Paris on September 24, 2021. (Credit: Thomas Coex/AFP)

Kellun Yaani Kellun (“All of them means all of them”). Does it still stand today? Yes, but this is the ever-changing equation in Lebanon, with all its local contradictions. Since dégagisme (a call on those in power to clear out) came into fashion,...

Kellun Yaani Kellun (“All of them means all of them”). Does it still stand today? Yes, but this is the ever-changing equation in Lebanon, with all its local contradictions. Since dégagisme (a call on those in power to clear out) came into fashion,...Comment Nagib Mikati est entré dans les bonnes grâces d’Emmanuel Macron...