no longer a minister, Gérald Darmain will speak on Sunday in Tourcoing as a “free” man

It is a political comeback that will be particularly scrutinized, that of Gérald Darmanin. The former Minister of the Interior will speak on Sunday in Tourcoing.

Gérald Darmanin had postponed his return from September 15 to 29, so as not to make his speech without knowing whether he would speak as a member of the government or a deputy from the North. Saturday evening, the ax fell. Gérald Darmanin is no longer a minister, although he hoped for the Quai d’Orsay. Sunday September 29 in Tourcoing, he will therefore speak as a deputy. It changes things, Gérald Darmanin is “free“, in fact it is absolutely no longer subject to any government solidarity.

Gérald Darmanin is all the freer because he was “humiliated“, explains a relative. Unlike some of his former colleagues, “Gérald Darmanin did not receive a phone call from the Prime Minister on Saturday to warn him that he would not be part of the new team; he only received an SMS from Michel Barnier once the composition of the government was announced by the secretary general of the Élysée!“, she continues. Gérald Darmanin had really irritated the Prime Minister. It was he who set the former presidential majority on fire by saying that Michel Barnier wanted “raise taxes“.

In his town of Tourcoing, Gérald Darmanin wants to talk about the “social question“, make proposals, particularly in terms of purchasing power. According to one of his friends, Gérald Darmanin”is keen to defend its convictions: no tax increases. He also wants to move away from immediate current events and tackle fundamental questions, such as the sharing of value“In short, he wants to embody the social right. His speech will be particularly scrutinized.”I don’t see any objective reason for him to be nice to the government“, whispers a minister. “To exist, it is in his interest to have points of cleavage with Barnier“, notes a senator. A close friend of Gérald Darmanin is nevertheless reassuring: “he is in a constructive logic and wants the government to succeed.“

His return to Tourcoing will look like a show of force. Gérald Darmanin’s team announces a thousand people for the beer-sausage-fries day: activists, local elected officials, parliamentarians, and even Gabriel Attal. However, relations were stormy in recent months between the two men. “Unit, unit, unit“, chants someone close to the former Prime Minister. Gabriel Attal and Gérald Darmanin came together to weigh in on Michel Barnier. Élisabeth Borne, with whom things were tense in 2023 at the same time, also turned her program upside down to go in Tourcoing to take the lead of the Macronist party, the former Prime Minister was expected in Haute-Marne and Haut-Rhin this weekend The activists of Mulhouse will finally have a word by video. being outside the government, he attracts and proves that he will have to be reckoned with.