On the set of “What time”, Gérald Darmanin plays it modest on his political ambitions

2023-09-10 19:31:01

Gérald Darmanin, less ambitious than people say? Saturday evening, the Minister of the Interior was the guest of the show What an era! for the launch of the second season of the show presented by Léa Salamé, surrounded in particular by Christophe Dechavanne. Quickly in the interview Léa Salamé came to the ambitions of Gérald Darmanin within the majority for the next presidential elections of 2027.

Apply to Matignon? I’m not that stupid.”

Starting by going back to the last cabinet reshuffle. “You formally applied to Emmanuel Macron to be Prime Minister,” Léa Salamé reminds him, evoking the rumor of the minister’s rejected candidacy at Matignon. “No, I’m not that stupid,” retorted Gérald Darmanin. “I was appointed [ministre de l’Intérieur] at 37, the youngest in the Fifth Republic […], and I tell myself that as I am 40 years old, I still have a little time. So I’m not disappointed at all, ”he explains.

????️ “I never wanted to be a minister”

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Not obsessed with the Elysée?

The Minister of the Interior, who gathered his support in his stronghold of Tourcoing (North) on August 27 and multiplies the allusions to the presidential election of 2027, calms things down on the plateau of What an era! In any case, he assures: “I never told myself when I was little that I had to be President of the Republic”. If he insists on his passion for politics, Gérard Darmanin would not immediately see himself as President of the Republic. At least, he associates this function with General de Gaulle, his “idol”. “So before you go and try to do something that resembles your idol, you put in some time,” he says.

Bluff? False modesty? End of August, 20 Minutes in any case listed four signs leaving little doubt that the Minister of the Interior is already in the campaign.