This is a kind of consecration for the mayor of Tourcoing. Announced at the head of a large social ministry, charged with the difficult issue of pensions, it is ultimately the ministry of the Interior that Gérald Darmanin will continue to climb. The young minister, age 37, of humble origin, became one of the main characters of the State. A strategic function where we usually place a man of confidence, almost two years to the presidential election.
It is now installed a service core duties for which he was looking forward to, despite the resumption of the investigation on a charge of rape in 2009 . Some of ” his ” colleagues say that he has even threatened to return to the North if it is preferred to Jean-Michel Blanquer, whose candidacy was pushed by the president of the Republic himself. Jean Castex, the Prime minister has finished, once is not custom, by imposing his choice. Goes for Darmanin.
He intends to restore the authority of the State, this is the roadmap entrusted by the Prime minister. Without knowing exactly what this anthem means. Even if, during his visit to the police station of La Courneuve, the host of Matignon has heard unfailing support to the forces of the order. According to union officials, the officers live a discomfort, but some of them contended, however, for maintenance of Christophe Castaner to Beauvau.
Fight against crime
The former Budget minister has always been interested in the perimeter of the Interior. In Tourcoing, the fight against insecurity is a daily struggle. Formerly a centre of drug trafficking in the department, and the crime seems to be now under control. All indicators are down. In the budget, Darmanin, who had under his supervision the customs officers never failed to congratulate his officials on seizures of drugs or contraband cigarettes.
As of June, it moved to Roissy, to the praise of his officers, while showing their outstanding results for the year 2019 : tobacco smuggling, the seizures have increased 50 % to more than 360 tons ; the fight against trafficking of narcotic drugs stores captured spectacular synthetic drugs (745 kg, or + 56 %) and methamphetamine (542,5 kg, or + 400 %) ; the involvement of the customs has also been crucial in the framework of the plan of action to combat the phenomenon of “drug mules” from Guyana, who has made a seizure of over two tons of cocaine and proceed to 736 arrests and placements in restraint and customs.
The new minister is interested in the cults
Former director of campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy in the last primary, which saw the victory of François Fillon, Gérald Darmanin had then joined the camp of the winner for the leave at the time of the court case that has splashed his campaign. In his Chronicles of the old world, his work published after the presidential election in 2017, he had narrated a lunch with Nicolas Sarkozy : “Well, islam, it is very interesting, but you’re not going to talk about it. “In his book, he regretted that so little emphasis is made to the management of the cults by the “monster Beauvau” and complaining that the right does not attempt to resolve ” its problem of incommunicability with our muslim fellow-citizens “.
