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The former Minister of the Interior, who made his political comeback on Sunday, launched his own movement and reiterated his opposition to tax increases, while championing a “social narrative” with a centrist twist.
Its future will be “popular”. Gérald Darmanin announced it this Sunday, September 29 in Tourcoing, during his return to politics: he is creating a space for reflection, which will bear this name, in the plural: “Popular”, neither really a think tank, nor a party. This is the advantage of newfound freedom, without a ministry in the Barnier government, he has free rein. Even if Elisabeth Borne, all smiles, reminded her that she found the atmosphere “more serene” This year. In 2023, during the previous edition, she was sent in disaster to Tourcoing, to tighten the reins on the ambitions of the then Minister of the Interior. Since then, water has flowed under the bridges.
Xavier Bertrand passes a header
The line-up of former Prime Ministers was fine: besides Elisabeth Borne, there was Gabriel Attal and Edouard Philippe. The first gave in to the charms of the American, the northern sausage and fries mayo sandwich, but slipped away at the beginning of the afternoon without speaking. The second almost stole the show from the host of the day, with the number of cameras crowded and selfies requested. But at the microphone, he, like a good comrade, prepared people’s minds for Gérald Darmanin’s speech, by taking up the same theme, the social question: “This is a powerful movement that affects all Western democracies. The popular middle class, the part