Gérald Darmanin and Audrey Pulvar. – AFP
The time for the truce has come The tensions between Audrey Pulvar, head of the socialist list in the regional elections in Ile-de-France, and Gerald Darmanin may find a solution. If the Minister of the Interior had threatened, Sunday, to file a complaint against the former journalist for having qualified as “quite chilling” his presence at the recent police demonstration, he changed his tone this Tuesday morning by proposing to a meeting with the candidate.
This morning I heard the words of Mrs. Audrey Pulvar on @LCI making it clear that, for her, the police were not racist. I take note of it. I suggest that she meet her in the next few days.
– Gerald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) May 25, 2021
Is the filing of a complaint abandoned? “Nothing is acted”, assures the entourage of the Minister of the Interior, stressing that “the complaint has not yet been filed”. Before adding: “At this stage, the Minister wishes to discuss with Audrey Pulvar. “
An outstretched hand accepted by Audrey Pulvar
“I will go to this invitation with enthusiasm and a purely republican spirit which has always animated me”, the candidate immediately replied on Tuesday morning, report our colleagues from France Info. Audray Pulvar spoke during the presentation of his program.
This hand extended by Gérald Darmanin would also be an opportunity to silence some, including within the government. “The political debate can live without going to court,” said the Minister of Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompili on Tuesday. “Until now in a democracy, one could still express an opinion without the minister responsible for elections feeling authorized to intimidate a political opponent”, had tweeted for his part the First Secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, during the night Sunday to Monday.
” Never seen ! “, Estimated Monday the mayor PS of Paris, Anne Hidalgo:” A few weeks before the regional election, the Minister of the Interior is filing a complaint for defamation against a candidate head of the list in Île-de-France. Fortunately we are in a state of law. I have every confidence in the justice of my country ”.