{"id":61175,"date":"2020-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/61175\/french-foreign-minister-compares-lebanons-collapse-to-titanic-sinking"},"modified":"2020-12-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T00:00:00","slug":"french-foreign-minister-compares-lebanons-collapse-to-titanic-sinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/61175\/french-foreign-minister-compares-lebanons-collapse-to-titanic-sinking\/","title":{"rendered":"French Foreign Minister Compares Lebanon&#8217;s Collapse To Titanic Sinking"},"content":{"rendered":"In a media interview with French daily Le Figaro, French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian compared Lebanon&#8217;s political and economic collapse to the Titanic&#8217;s sinking, only without the music. <br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cLebanon is the Titanic without the orchestra,\u201d Le Drian said. \u201cThe Lebanese are in complete denial as they sink, and there isn\u2019t even the music.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a media interview published earlier today, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/French?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#French<\/a> foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian compared <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanon<\/a>\u2019s collapse to the Titanic\u2019s sinking, but \u201cwithout the music\u201d.<br><br>He said the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanese?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanese<\/a> are in denial as they continue to sink.<\/p>\u2014 Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeirutCityGuide\/status\/1338241441579974658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  This comes a week before French President Emmanuel Macron&#8217;s scheduled visit to Lebanon to follow up on the cabinet formation. This is his third visit to the country since August 4 in an attempt to push for crucial reforms and much-needed change.<br \/>  <br \/>  It seems everyone is aware of Lebanon&#8217;s downfall, except for Lebanon&#8217;s politicians themselves. 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