After the Olympics, the unsure way forward for Gérald Darmanin | EUROtoday

Capitalize as a lot as potential on the occasion to higher put together one's rear in a extremely unstable political context. In this little recreation, Gérald Darmanin finds himself in an excellent place on the rostrum of the federal government of present affairs. Throughout the Olympic fortnight, the resigning Minister of the Interior has multiplied the journeys and media sequences. The time has now come for extra time.

“ After the success of the Olympic Games, a cycle ends inside”, he says in an interview with FigaroTuesday, August 12, the day after the closing ceremony. Before discussing his future. “I was a man who loved politics, I have now become a man much more attached to the service of the State”, he declares.

The sequence that’s opening appears to be like unsure for the deputy from the North. The inside marketing campaign for the presidency of the parliamentary group Ensemble pour la République (EPR) within the aftermath of the legislative elections highlighted the bounds of his affect on the Palais-Bourbon. Arguing to postpone the election and substitute it with a collegiate management, Mr. Darmanin didn’t win his case towards Gabriel Attal, elected president of the group on July thirteenth nearly unanimously.

After this failure, he introduced his resolution to not run for the presidency of the Renaissance celebration, which should elect its new chief at a congress within the fall. The former UMP member was particularly in a position to gauge his unpopularity among the many deputies of the presidential motion, who reproach him particularly for having supported Emmanuel Macron's resolution to dissolve the National Assembly.

Outside the celebration, the trail is simply as blocked. According to these near Edouard Philippe, the previous deputy secretary normal of the Republicans (LR) questioned in regards to the alternative to take the pinnacle of the Horizons group, in case its outgoing president, the deputy of South Corsica Laurent Marcangeli, had not been re-elected on July 7. The state of affairs didn’t happen, leaving Mr. Darmanin with out an alternative choice to have weight within the National Assembly.

While acknowledging “tensions”, Gabriel Attal's entourage is eager to showcase his good understanding along with his Minister of the Interior, with whom “The relationship was never broken.” Gabriel is eager for Gérald to remain within the household as a result of he’s an asset.they remark at Matignon, thus affirming the management of the previous over the latter.

Loyalty to Emmanuel Macron

But not like the president of EPR who marks his distinction with the pinnacle of state, to the purpose that their relationship has change into frosty, Gérald Darmanin performs the loyalty card to Emmanuel Macron. “Anyone who positions themselves against the head of state is making a serious mistake. He remains the master of the clocks for the next three years,” warns the president of the Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur area, Renaud Muselier, who commonly exchanges with Mr. Darmanin. And to depend on the help of the president in change for his unwavering help to, why not, keep in authorities, whereas the exit doorways are uncommon.

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