He doesn't just have friends, he can now count them.
At the heart of the political storm shaking the executive, Gérald Darmanin is going through his first ordeal at Place Beauvau.
This is not necessarily to displease all those who, within the majority but also on the right, are rubbing their hands at the sight of the difficulties that are piling up on this young 38-year-old minister at the heart of the system. Emmanuel Macron.
"There are those who take advantage of the situation to settle accounts
," observes a close friend of Gerald Darmanin.
In this kind of time, it's always easier to cry with the wolves. ”
Since his rallying to Emmanuel Macron, this close to Nicolas Sarkozy and Xavier Bertrand has stunned more than one, divided between admiration and annoyance.
"He pushes all the barriers, he has no doubts
," says one of his government colleagues.
So inevitably, when we break down the doors a little too violently, we sometimes get slammed.
But his goal has been achieved: we are talking about him. "
It would be
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