Gérald Darmanin, first stone in Gabriel Attal’s shoe? | EUROtoday

Tuesday, throughout a visit to the premises of the DGSI (General Directorate of Internal Security), responding to rumors about his potential change of ministerial portfolio, he declared: “I am not the man to shy away from the gendarmes, the police, the prefects, who, 100 days before the torch relay and 200 days before the Olympic Games, are going to risk their lives and put their reputation on the line. And you know, where I come from, we like to finish what we do”. The final sentence, specifically, appears like an actual affront: it’s a barely veiled reference to Gabriel Attal’s temporary stint at National Education – 5 months.

Then, within the night, whereas Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal had been getting ready to dine collectively on the Élysée to debate the composition of the long run authorities, these near Gérald Darmanin knowledgeable the press that the minister had acquired “ assurances” from the President of the Republic that he would keep in Beauvau. A method of pulling the rug out from beneath Attal… “Gérald Darmanin is not renowned, even if he wanted to rename himself. He is campaigning very actively to stay but as long as his name is not on the list, nothing is done,” recollects an govt advisor. The Élysée has, furthermore, not commented on this “autonomination”. Finally, whereas different ministers or executives of the bulk issued lengthy tweets of help for Gabriel Attal, Darmanin was content material with a laconic message. “Congratulations to Gabriel Attal. I wish him every success in the service of the French,” he wrote, three hours after the announcement of Attal’s appointment, on his X account (previously Twitter).