Minister of the Interior seeks humanity

Gérald takes a selfie, Gérald kisses the doggie, Gérald with his toddler’s tricycle, Gérald gives a geography lesson to his sons… This Darmanin, he goes to great lengths to seem nice. And Paris Match with him ! Soon at Karine Le Marchand in the show “Une ambition intimate”, the Minister of the Interior did not wait for TV to work on his “storytelling”, addressing the specialists in licking to wannabe president. On the front page of the issue of Match this Thursday, February 22, the “ first policeman in France » offered the package “a heart beats under the austere costume of the statesman”, putting himself on stage with his little family.

A classic among the classics for the weekly, and a must for any right-wing personality who respects: from Nicolas Sarkozy – eleven front pages, just for his relationship with Carla Bruni – to Jacques Chirac, via VGE, Xavier Bertrand, Valérie Pécresse, Bruno Le Maire, Emmanuel Macron, François Fillon, and even Édouard Philippe. Some evil tongues would add Manuel Valls to the list. If the strings of this laborious communications plan are as big as knotted ropes, they at least have the merit of giving food for thought to the sneers. So let’s laugh.

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Has she considered a career in curling? Laurence Ferrari would do wonders there, as she handles the brush with vigor. “ One thing is certain, the impetuous, clever or jack-of-all-trades Darmanin is overshe tells us in the introduction to a 100% cuddly interview. The time of maturity has come. » Since becoming a father, baby Sarko has calmed down, even if he has lost none of the tremendous energy that characterizes him. It is Match who says it: “ “I would like to settle down and have children,” he confided to Paris March in 2019. Gérald Darmanin is today a happy father… and a minister always on the move. » Immigration law? The repression of demonstrations? End of land rights in Mayotte? Yes, but Gérald is above all a real sugar daddy. “ With family, France’s first police officer knows how to let his guard down and show off his most beautiful smile », the magazine tells us.

“My own ENA is Tourcoing”

And let’s go for a slice of the minister’s offspring: “ Alec, 1 and a half years old, and Max-Emilien, his very own center of the world. ” But also : ” At the office, he deploys the Tendre card for Max-Emilien and Alex. ” And even : ” Beauvau sometimes transforms into a nursery. For his greatest happiness. But to educate his two boys, he favors the territory à la carte. “My own ENA is Tourcoing,” he likes to repeat. » Gérald Darmanin, not only a father, but also his feet on the ground! And close to the people, with that. The best in Matchthese are always the legends: this is where the caresses of the weekly are most ardent.

« Attention for everyone to the wishes of Neuville-en-Ferrain, in Hauts-de-France, on January 20 », We can read in the comments to a photo of the Minister of the Interior stroking the nose of a dog. “ An elected official within reach of shouting matches. In a café in Tourcoing, January 19 “, tells us the caption of the same report, under the photo of the Republican defector talking with an ordinary person. At the foot of a crowd bath photo, we read this: “ Still rooted in Tourcoing. At the Gustave-Dron hospital, where the minister met those he calls “everyday heroes”, on January 19. » Modest, we tell you.

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But let’s return to the interview: once we have gotten rid of the few “serious” questions – we still have to vaguely pretend that the policy pursued by the Minister of the Interior is the issue of the exercise -, Paris Match can finally devote himself to his business: the personal, the intimate, the “star secret”. “ The pace at the Ministry of the Interior is trying, sympathizes the magazine. What keeps you going? ” Answer : ” I deeply love what I do. I have a romantic vision of France inspired by my Gaullism as a young activist and by my story as a little Frenchman of mixed blood, whose father was seen as a metic. An Algerian rifleman grandfather, a man who might neither read nor write French at 14 and who is a discreet hero of the Second World War. His military medal was the family honor. » Gérald Darmanin is the candidate who answers “perfectionist” when asked regarding his main fault during a job interview.

The Minister of the Interior has plenty of time to describe himself as “ provincial elected official who works with common sense as a compass and social Gaullism as political inspiration “, while highlighting his selfless character, ” personal adventure ” being ” a childhood passion ». « What is important is to carry out a project for the countryhe explains. So, the day you are strong enough to carry a project that corresponds to what people want and you have the energy to convince, then you embody something. » But who might he possibly be thinking of?!

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Between two photos version of “Kennedy children in the Oval Office”, staged already copied by a certain Sarkozy, Nicolas, Gérald Darmanin intones the well-known verse on the sweetness of the family, a source of hope and inspiration, the importance of this fusion core so important for balance, etc., etc. We understood: more human than him, you die! The reader is suffocated.