Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, was the guest of 8:30 a.m. franceinfo Thursday January 20, 2022. He responded to Salhia BRakhlia and Marc Fauvelle.
Macron arrested by Jadot in the European Parliament: Gérald Darmanin denounces “the smallness” of the environmental candidate
“I was very shocked that politician’s domestic politics could be at the European rendezvous (…) It’s not very patriotic to have done that, and moreover, it shows the smallness of the politicians who did it“, launched Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, this Thursday on franceinfo. For him “it’s not very patriotic to have done that, and moreover, it shows the pettiness of the politicians who did it”.
Gérald Darmanin curbs the “silence in the ranks” of Valérie Pécresse, facing the far right
“There is a kind of complacency now for the far right in our country“, lamented Gerald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, this Thursday on franceinfo. “There is clearly only the government of the Republic to denounce the small steps of the filthy beast“, he added.
Gérald Darmanin asked the Paris police headquarters last Sunday to report to the courts after the publication of a photo of a group of far-right activists, suspected of having paraded in Paris on Saturday making Nazi salutes, which has not been established at this stage.
Threats against elected officials: “535 acts of serious threats and around 400 complaints since July” 2021
“Since last July, there have been 535 acts of serious threats against elected representatives of the Republic and around 400 complaints. And we now have a large number of arrests”, said Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, this Thursday on franceinfo. “Not all elected officials file a complaint. I obviously encourage them to file a complaint”, he added. He fears “physical attacks”.
Islam: the French Council of the Muslim Faith “has lived”
The French Council for Muslim Worship (CFCM) “lived”, declared Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, also in charge of Worship, this Thursday on franceinfo. The outgoing president of the CFCM, Mohammed Moussaoui, indeed hopes that this body, the main interlocutor of the public authorities since 2003 and today deeply divided, be dissolved at a general meeting on February 19.
“I think that he [le CFCM] tried to do something positive, said the Minister of the Interior. The Council of Muslim Worship was created to try to structure Islam in France”. “Today we see extremely strong interference from foreign states and we cannot accept this”, he added.