Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin called on the majority for “humility” after the regional elections, marked by record abstention and results unfavorable to the presidential party, which has a “problem of political culture”,
in an interview with Figaro Friday.
“In the majority, we should all learn from this. We would gain in humility ”, declares the minister, elected in the departmental elections in his canton of Tourcoing (North).
“Less visios, more bistros! », Pleads Darmanin
“We have to review the way we operate En Marche! “, He continues, assuring that” one of the solutions would be less visios, more bistro! “
“We have to be more concrete. A political movement must be rooted (…) Wherever digital technology has replaced physical contact, the sanction has been strong, ”insists Gérald Darmanin, for whom LREM has a“ problem of political culture ”.
He denounces the “party statutes” which “provide for example that a local referent cannot be a parliamentarian”. “The elected parliamentarian, it is precisely on him that we must rely. Let us put the deputy back at the center of the movement ”.
He regrets that Xavier Bertrand does not support Emmanuel Macron
The minister, excluded from the Republicans party for having joined Emmanuel Macron’s camp, also says he “regrets” that Xavier Bertrand (LR), reelected in Hauts-de-France and declared candidate for the Elysee Palace, of which he is close , “Do not support” the President of the Republic.
“The values of the republican right are found in Emmanuel Macron: work and effort, order and security …”, develops Gérald Darmanin, assuring that he will support the president “with force in the campaign of 2022”.
Asked about the reforms to be carried out before the end of the five-year term, the former Minister of Public Accounts calls for them to “continue” and “to revive the economy at a time when we have very deteriorated public accounts due to the health crisis” . “We will probably have to work more. Pension reform is one of the possibilities, ”he said.