The Minister of the Interior and Overseas was the guest of “8:30 a.m. franceinfo”, Friday April 21, 2023.
Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior and Overseas, was the guest of “8:30 a.m. franceinfo”, Friday April 21, 2023. Marriage for all, pans, A69, minors hit by scooter, Mayotte, Immigration law, Elisabeth Borne. .. He answered questions from Lorrain Sénéchal and Hadrien Bect.
Marriage for all: “François Hollande was right”
“Francois Hollande was right” on marriage for all, admitted Gérald Darmanin when he opposed the Taubira law in 2013. “The Socialist Party, President Hollande in particular, was right against the right which was, I believe, a little out of step”he confessed. “I was wrong. I admit it. I deeply regret if I hurt”did he declare. “I am a city councilor, if a gay couple wants me to marry them, I will gladly do so, like any couple”, he suggested. In addition, Gérald Darmanin wishes to tackle homophobic attacks “I don’t think it’s a political priority, but it must become one”, he estimated. The Minister will bring together all the associations mobilized on the subject. “There is an instruction that will go to the prefects next week and I will bring together all the national associations”he said, in particular FLAG!, the LGBT + association of agents of the ministries of the Interior and Justice.
Pans: they “are not prohibited”
“Saucepans are not prohibited”underlined Gérald Darmanin while a prefectural decree prohibited the “portable sound devices” during Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Hérault on Thursday. The head of state was greeted on Wednesday by boos and concerts of pans in Alsace during a first trip. During his visit to Ganges in the Hérault, gendarmes confiscated pans from the demonstrators. “Part of the gendarmerie forces interpreted the order as being an order preventing pans from arriving at the demonstration sites. It was indeed a bad interpretation”, he explained. The decree targeted the “his bone” and the “megaphones”according to the Minister of the Interior. “Whether we like or dislike the President of the Republic, I think everyone can see that he is courageous. He is not locked up, he is not prevented and he is courageous, he faces, he listens and he responds”he judged.
Demonstration against the A69 between Castres and Toulouse: “There will be no ZAD”
“There will be no ZAD” in the Tarn, assures Gérald Darmanin, while thousands of people are expected in Saïx to demonstrate against the construction of the A69 motorway between Castres and Toulouse. “There will be no areas of lawlessness that will settle. There has been enormous cowardice on the part of the governments which have accepted this installation in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, we are paying the consequences “, he estimated. The violent clashes during the mobilization in Sainte-Soline against the mega-basins are on everyone’s mind. The Minister of the Interior warned the troublemakers: “We don’t demonstrate violently, we can debate it, but we can’t fight it out”did he declare. “There are a hundred radical individuals that we are unfortunately expecting in the Tarn. Obviously, if they were to be violent, we will intervene”, he warned. The minister ensures that an anti-ZAD cell made up “lawyers from the Ministry of the Interior” will be set up “this summer”.
Minors on scooters hit: the police must be “suspended”
“It is obvious that they must be suspended”, said Gérald Darmanin about the Parisian police suspected of having knocked down, during a chase, three teenagers on a scooter. The 17-year-old driver is between life and death. The families of the injured and of the witnesses evoke a “steering wheel to bring down the young people”. “No refusal to comply justifies that the police exceed the law and ethics”, said the Minister of the Interior. Gérald Darmanin, who requested an investigation by the General Inspectorate, indicated that the police recognized “gestures that are not appropriate”.
Mayotte: “100% of the people we arrest” are “taken back to the Comoros”
“100% of the people we arrest and who are foreign delinquents as I can do in mainland France are taken back to the Comoros”, assures Gérard Darmanin, while the 101st French department is faced with strong illegal immigration, mainly from the Comoros. The minister confirmed the “Wuambushu” operation, the objective of which is to fight against delinquency and illegal immigration. “There are about sixty criminal gangs in Mayotte who intervene, commit homicides”, explained the Minister of the Interior. Of the 60 gangs organized, “twelve have already been arrested for a few days”, he pointed out. In total, “last year there were 25,000 renewals” at the border, he said. A constant figure for several years. Four squadrons of mobile gendarmes, police officers and specialists in the fight against urban violence have been sent to the island. The objective is to expel illegal migrants mostly settled in slums called “Bangas”. “We are going to destroy these shantytowns by court order and relocate people”he said.
Immigration Law: “As quickly as possible” before Parliament
Gérald Darmanin wants the Immigration law “be presented to Parliament as soon as possible” while Emmanuel Macron had indicated during his televised speech on March 22, that it would be cut into “several texts”. According to the Minister of the Interior, “France needs a strong text on immigration”. “I am not in favor” to a citizens’ convention on the theme of Immigration, he also indicated.
Elisabeth Borne: “I support” the Prime Minister
“I support Elisabeth Borne”he assured while his name is circulating to succeed Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister, “It’s very difficult to be Prime Minister today because we don’t have a majority in the National Assembly”he explained.