Here he is already back. After being thanked by former Prime Minister Michel Barnier, even though he wanted to remain in the government in September, Gérald Darmanin was appointed, on Sunday December 23, Keeper of the Seals in François Bayrou's team.
The former mayor of Tourcoing (North) rather had the Ministry of the Economy in his sights. “Bercy is purchasing power, it’s hands in the dirt, it corresponds to the image it wants to build”deciphers the president of the Renaissance group in the Senate, François Patriat. Or why not the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to work on its international stature? But the Prime Minister preferred to keep one of his loyalists there, the former secretary general of MoDem, Jean-Noël Barrot.
Mr. Darmanin was not Mr. Bayrou's first choice either. The chancellorship was promised to Xavier Bertrand, the president (various centers) of the Hauts-de-France region. But faced with Marine Le Pen's veto concerning the one who had boasted of having “broken jaws” of the National Rally (RN) after his re-election to the regional elections in 2021, the Béarnais sacrificed Mr. Bertrand. A way for the mayor of Pau to avoid being overthrown by an immediate motion of censure.
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