Emmanuel Macron and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, "recalled the need to quickly put an end to the institutional political vacuum in Lebanon" The absence of a president for eight months "remains the major obstacle to a resolution of the severe socio-economic crisis" In Lebanon, the main political forces are sticking to their positions while waiting for the results of Franco-Saudi contacts. The final word of the story will come from the mouth of Jean-Yves Le Drian, Emmanuel Macron's personal envoy to Lebanon.