No EU perks for UK after Brexit - Hollande

French president François Hollande has maintained a tough stance on the UK's exit from the European Union, saying it would lose membership benefits once the Brexit process has been finalised.

In an interview with six different European newspapers, Hollande said that the UK will become an "outsider" to European whenever it leaves the bloc.

He also added that events in the US related to the rise to power of Donald Trump have complicated Britain's situation even further.

"The UK's problem is this: it had thought that in leaving Europe it would tie up a strategic partnership with the US," Hollande said. "But it now happens that the US is closing itself off from the world. The UK has made a bad choice at a bad moment. I regret that."

When asked about the potential of the UK to hang on to certain perks of the EU in the aftermath of Brexit, there was an unequivocal response from the French leader.

"That's not possible; the UK will become an outsider to the European Union," Hollande said.

Britain voted to leave the group of 28 member states last June in an unexpected result, and Theresa May has promised to deliver a so-called "Hard Brexit" at the end of the two year-process.

Hollande's term as president will come to an end in May as France faces a crucial election campaign in which National Front leader Marine Le Pen has pushed towards the top of the polls.

"The far right has never been this high for 30 years. But France will not give in," Hollande said. He added that the election would have ramifications "not only the destiny of our country but also the very future of the European construction."