If the main staircase were not covered with a thick red and gold carpet, those who walked on it would have heard, that evening, the angry step of Gérald Darmanin banging against the stone. "When we have a deal, we don't try to make people believe that we've won!" the interior minister fumed in front of a senator from Les Républicains (LR). And what's more, he adds more in the session, frankly!" The reason for his wrath? A very offensive speech by Bruno Retailleau, a few minutes earlier.
Last Wednesday, as the debates on the famous Article 3 of the immigration bill, which provides for the regularisation of illegal workers in so-called "shortage" occupations, came to an end, the Chamber witnessed a full-blown attack.
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Mr. Minister, you are not short of air! I know that in politics, nerve is often a quality. You want to make people believe that the system proposed by the Senate majority is the equivalent of the one you proposed. No way!, spear...
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