French Ambassador Hervé Magro visited the head of the "Free Patriotic Movement," MP Gibran Bassil, immediately following his return from Italy, where they held an extensive meeting. Magro briefed Bassil on "the atmosphere of the recent visit by the French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian to Lebanon," and also discussed the presidential file and ways to reactivate it in order to reach a conclusion on electing a president.