The current French president, Emmanuel Macron, wants to be king. His presidency, he has said, will be a “Jupiterian” one, after the Roman king of the gods. He has sought to emulate the grandeur of the great Sun King, Louis XIV, by convening the French parliament at Versailles. He wishes to reduce the size of parliament by a third and to circumvent it by referendum if it won’t approve his proposed reforms. “The French people are not driven by patient curiosity,” he has said, “but by an uncompromising demand. It is a profound transformation that they expect.” So far, it seems, the French are untroubled by the royal tendencies of their just-elected leader.

"With all his vanity the Jupiterian is warm-hearted",  W. G. Benham