French Senator Nathalie Goulet remarked in a statement on social media, commenting on the message from French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, that "after the contempt, not to say the folly of French policy in Africa, here is Jean-Yves Le Drian questioning Lebanese parliamentarians with a request for answers to the French embassy. No, but seriously, Lebanon is not a colony. Why does France stoop to this? It is an insult to the Lebanese people."