Edit: like I said, pinch of salt. As it turns out...
The headline is very misleading. Look at the actual quote:
"So I do consider that my mandate, the day after, will be at the same time to reform in depth the European Union and our European project."
Mr Macron added that if he were to allow the EU to continue to function as it was would be a "betrayal".
"And I don't want to do so," he said. "Because the day after, we will have a Frexit or we will have [Ms Le Pen's] National Front (FN) again.""
So he's concerned about Le Pen and similar people gaining momentum if the EU doesnt reform itself.
I... tend to agree, in principle at least. I'm not too fond of the EU because of it's treatment of those in Southern Europe, particularily Greece. However, I also know of many instances where the EU has helped enact fairer labor laws. And I'm concerned that a break orchestrated by the likes of Farage or Le Pen will only lead to adch-conservatism, and a delliberate undermining of the welfare state. I suspect that's part of the plan, even, and I think it should be a major concern, PARTICULARILY if you are in favor of Brexit, because odds are that neocon politicians are planning to use it as an excuse to do exactly this.
I think those of you in the UK should be particularily militant and watchful for cuts to the NHS (direct or indirect), worker's rights, and research and development. Odds are that they will try to sell those to you as "optimization", "necessary sacrifices", or heaven knows what.
And those of you in Europe should be watchful for the same, in case these calls for reform actually hide "reform into an even shittier EU". Beware any measure that affects worker's rights, beware calls for austerity, beware the 'two speeds Europe'. Any and all of these can actually hide the same agenda that neocons doubtlessly have for the UK.
I have this suspicion that what we endured around 2010 was just the drizzle and now the storm is arriving.