Demand for Frexit is fast growing in France as French President Emmanuel Macron popularity continues to drop in the republic, with one leading campaigner raging, “European Union policies are a disaster for us!”
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After the UK left the EU on New Year’s Eve, campaigners from several other nations are mounting pressure on Brussels. Britain went through a transition period that took a greater part of 2020 but became free from EU rules and regulations at the end of last year.
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been boasting of how Britain has now “taken back control” and insist that the nation will quickly flourish with its new-found powers outside of the EU controls.
Currently, there is growing pressure on President Macron as Frexit campaigners continue to request for the country to hold a referendum on membership with the EU.
Meanwhile, a poll carried out by the Odoxa Institut, conducted online from February 3-4 and quizzing 1,005 French adults, showed 81 per cent of people believe Mr Macron’s centre-right government “does not know where it is going” in terms of Covid planning.
Charles-Henri Gallois who’s the president of the Generation Frexit political campaign group, slammed the EU and branded its policies “a disaster for France”, requesting the country take back control of its sovereignty.
“The COVID-19 crisis had really shown that we need our sovereignty back. EU policies are a disaster for France. There is, of course, the vaccine rollout fiasco but it’s not the only thing,” Gallois told Express UK.
“The EU Commission has always put pressure on our health system to reduce costs and has given the green light for relocations and industrialization. We have paid a high price for these policies: we were not able to produce masks or medicines and we did not have enough hospital beds to face this crisis.
“The French are each time more aware that we need this sovereignty. It won’t happen if we don’t have Frexit as it’s carved in stone in EU treaties.”
Mr Gallois launched a heavy attack on already pressured President Macron, accusing him of doing the “EU dirty job” and imposing reforms from Brussels that the “French people don’t want”.
“Emmanuel Macron does the EU dirty job. There was no enthusiasm for him. He has always been elected by default. With COVID-19 measures, political life is quite lockdowned as well. It’s anaesthetized.
“He benefits from that as it prevents real opposition to emerge. I don’t think he will resign and actually one year before a new presidential election it would not make sense but if he would be a democrat, he won’t keep on passing reforms asked by the EU and that French people don’t want.
“He does the EU policy. This is not the policy that French people want,” the Generation Frexit president continued.
Mr Gallois believes France and Italy are the big countries in line to exit the EU, but because of ongoing political conflict in Rome, he believes Paris will beat its European neighbour to that historic move.
The campaigner is very much confident that Frexit could take place as soon as 2022, if President Macron gets knocked out of the presidential election and a Democrat who could be convinced to hold a referendum on France’s membership of the EU replace him.
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“I have always thought that the next one to leave would be France or Italy. Italy, now, it seems much more complicated with the pro-EU government backed by Salvini. The Italians who want to take back control should back Italexit Party lead by Paragone.”
“This year, Frexit would be difficult as I don’t see Macron organising a referendum just before the presidential election. It’s more likely to happen in 2022 or 2023 if one democrat wins the presidential election and dares to organise this referendum. Anyway, we will put as much pressure as we can on all the candidates to get this referendum,” the Frexit leader concluded.
