Lebanon politics
Hopes that Lebanon would have a new government before the end of the year have been dashed with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri warning of clear complications hindering the birth of the new leadership.
Speaking on Wednesday after his 14th meeting with President Michel Aoun, Hariri said that despite attempts to halt Lebanons collapse, the existing political problems are clear. International pressure, especially from France for Beirut to draw up a government committed to reform has also failed to end the stalemate.
The political impasse raises fears over Lebanons growing poverty levels, with the number of poor likely to exceed half the population by 2021. The country has been without a government since August after then caretaker Premier Hassan Diab resigned following a deadly port blast in the capital Beirut.
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