Days are numbered! ‘Pint-sized Napoleon’ Macron warned as tide turns on French President

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Last month, Annick Girardin, France’s maritime minister, gave Britain up until November 1 to approve more licences or risk retaliatory measures. French President Mr Macron told his government to draw up plans for reprisals against Britain in four areas.

These included cutting energy supplies to the UK and Jersey or severe the Anglo-French ties in defence and security, the Telegraph reported.

This came after the UK approved just 12 permits out of 47 applications for small French fishing boats.

Despite relying on France for 95 percent of its electricity supply, Jersey has also taken a hard stance against EU trawlermen off its coast.

It issued just 66 full licences and 31 temporary permits and refused 73 applications.

But now, in her latest column in the Telegraph, Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, has branded Mr Macron ‘pint-sized Napolean’ and claimed he is “hoping a fight with Britain will keep French right-wingers on side”.

She wrote: “But with his pan-European ambitions and his resulting determination to use Brexit as a case history of why no member country should be allowed to leave the EU unpunished, he’s definitely graduated to the full Napoléon.

“Macron expected his re-election next April to go swimmingly, largely unchallenged except by his favourite opponent, the increasingly defanged Marine Le Pen.”

Ms Moutet outlined how right-wing journalist Eric Zemmour – who has not declared whether he will run for election – could “hijack the narrative rightwards”.

She continued: “Zemmour should be announcing the creation of his own party, to be called Vox Populi, next 9 November, the anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s death.

“Beyond the presidential election, which he is so far predicted to lose, he is looking at the June General election, with the aim of gathering a right-wing coalition against Napoléon le Très Petit’s wobbly La République en Marche, a non-party because Macron never wanted to share an inch of his power.

“It’s not certain fining British fishermen will be enough to keep him at the Élysée.”

Mr Macron has continued to refuse whether he will be standing in the next election next year.

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In June, Mr Macron reportedly said it is “too early to say” if he would run but insisted he was determined to “carry things out until the end”.

In comparison, the likes of far-right leader Marine Le Pen, former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and the former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe have all confirmed they will be running.

In May, the French premiere was warned Ms Le Pen will beat Mr Macron in the French Presidential election next year.

MEP Jordan Bardella who served as the spokesperson for National Rally, the far-right party under Ms le Pen, made the remarks.

Tweeting out a video of him on the French news outlet LCI, Mr Bardella said: “Many French people believe she is legitimate, that she has demonstrated her soundness, that she has toughened up, that she was right very early on before everyone else.

“I am convinced that Marine Le Pen will win this presidential election.”

In June, a poll found police officers and soldiers are likely to vote for Ms Le Pen over Mr Macron.

The survey found around 44 percent of police and military personnel would vote for Ms le Pen in the first round of the presidential election next year.

Only 20 percent of those surveyed said they would give their vote to Mr Macron.

For the second round of votes, the figure shot up to 60 percent in favour of the eurosceptic against Mr Macron.

Ms Le Pen’s popularity among law enforcement agencies shot up to 48 percent compared to only 13 percent in favour of Mr Macron.

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