Video: ‘You call me Mr President’, Macron tells teen

French president lays into cheeky schoolboy
who called him by his first name

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“Yes, Mr President,” the chastised youngster
replied.

For good measure, Macron also told him off for
humming socialist anthem The Internationale rather than the French
national anthem, the Marseillaise.

“The day you want a revolution, first you have
to learn to get an education and feed yourself, okay?” he said.
“And then you can start lecturing other people.”

Since taking office, Macron has frequently come
under fire in the French press for what are seen as delusions of
grandeur out of place in the cradle of
republicanism. Satirical cartoons frequently compare
him to Napoleon or Caesar.

In one notorious post-election interview, Macron
said his predecessor, Francois Hollande, had failed to remain aloof
and “Jupiter-like” while in office – comments interpreted by many
as Macron seeing himself as a godlike ruler.

Despite subsequent attempts to distance himself from
the comments, the Jupiter comparison has continued to haunt Macron,
Politico reports.

Other gaffes include “referring to ‘illiterate’
abattoir workers, ‘alcoholic’ laid-off workers or the ‘poor people’
who travel on buses”, says French radio station RFI.