Macron accuses Trump crony of targeting EU

THE French president has accused Donald Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon and Russian oligarchs of conspiring with nationalists to dismantle the European Union.

Emmanuel Macron (pictured) said voters ‘should not be naive’ about foreign interference. He told the French regional press that ‘Russians and some others’ are financing extremist political parties. He criticised Mr Bannon, who has been in Paris during campaigning.