Gérald Darmanin launches “Populaires”, “a think tank to contribute to 2027”

He assures that it is not a political party. Gérald Darmanin made his comeback by announcing the creation of “Populaires”, “a think tank to contribute to 2027”. “It’s a place where we go to think, we need to think! Look, everyone has come”he says. Paul Larrouturou, special correspondent for TF1info this Sunday in Tourcoing, electoral stronghold of the former Minister of the Interior. At his side, three former Prime Ministers of Emmanuel Macron, Edouard Philippe, already a candidate for the presidency of the Republic, Elisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal, came to taste sausages and fries, but above all to listen to the speech of their ex-colleague .

“The central bloc that we represent is at odds with modest people, popular French people, workers (…). No one can accept the democratic shipwreck of popular France which throws itself into the arms of the community demagoguery of the extremes who divide us, leaving the little white people to vote for Le Pen and the little Beur to vote for Gaza”declared Gérald Darmanin. If he said “support the government of Michel Barnier appointed by the President of the Republic”he says he knows “that many of us will not be able to support a government that raises taxes.” “This would be contrary to everything positive we have done for the French”he warned, reiterating his opposition to tax increases formulated before the announcement of the composition of the government.

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“I understand that this tax increase would only concern the wealthiest French people, but the money of the wealthiest must go into job creation, not into public coffers”pleaded the former minister. A warning launched two days before Michel Barnier’s general policy speech to the National Assembly.