MACRON MULLS RESIGNATION TO FORCE EARLY POLLS

Emanuel Macron may resign and call a snap election because he is “sure to win as there’s nobody to face me,” the French president has reportedly told London-based political donors.

With two years left in his five-year term, speculation is rife over how Macron intends to “reinvent” his presidency.

With his reformist agenda on hold in the face of an unprecedented recession, debate has centred on whether he will replace his popular prime minister in a reshuffle, call a referendum on a key issue or even dissolve parliament to call early legislative elections.

No French president has ever voluntarily resigned to run for re-election. But Macron, pictured, announced he was seriously considering the idea in a video conference call with the “first circle” of London donors to his 2017 election campaign, according to Le Figaro.

The 42-year-old centrist leader reportedly shocked listeners by declaring he was considering stepping down “in the coming weeks or months” to prompt an early election, according to a participant cited by the newspaper.