Gérald Darmanin admits he was “mistaken” in opposing the Taubira law

“I was mistaken.” The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, admitted that he had made a mistake in opposing ten years ago the law authorizing marriage for all, in an interview published on Friday April 21 by The voice of the North. “If I had to do it again, I would vote for the text”says the former mayor of Tourcoing, who declared in 2013 that he would not marry same-sex couples. “Ten years later, I was able to see that same-sex marriage, like adoption by homosexual couples, does not change anything and that the fears that had been exposed by the right, and in particular in my political family, were unfounded”adds the ex-member of the Republicans in this interview.

“The important thing is the development of the child and the love carried by the parents, whatever the family structure: homosexual, heterosexual or single parent.”

Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior

to “The Voice of the North”

Fight against homophobic violence

In addition, to counter the 10% increase in 2022 “offences related to the sexual orientation of the victim”, the Minister of the Interior intends to implement a series of measures. Among them, the training of police and gendarmes “already in office”while “Since this year, 100% of police and gendarmes have had a module on violence against LGBT people in their training”.

The minister says “give yourself a year” so that “all the police and gendarmes spend at least a day or half a day understanding that there are specific qualifications in the law and that it is necessary to be able to support the victims”. The goal is also “to install referents everywhere”.

It will also be about “map the places where there is the most violence against LGBT people” to be “more present via a video protection policy”, “more national police at certain times”but also “links with the owners of bars and discotheques who can give information to intervene”.