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France and the European Union would work to put in place sanctions including freezes of financial assets and travel bans against political figures to push them to set up a government, a necessary condition for the unblocking of assistance from the international community.
These remarks follow those of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean Yves le Drian who already called on the European Union to assume its responsibilities in the Lebanese file.
Several relatives of his are currently in charge of studying what sanctions could target certain local political figures, without however revealing their identity.
