Gérald Darmanin is all smiles on the phone in his office at Beauvau with his son on his lap. He is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Paris Match, available at newsstands on Thursday. The Minister of the Interior, who has been leaving doubts about his possible candidacy in the next presidential election for several months, poses with his wife and two young children in the magazine.
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“My family helps me put the political difficulties into perspective,” says the tenant of Beauvau in this interview, which addresses the presidential election, insecurity, drugs, and the decision of the Council of State, which demanded enhanced control of the CNews channel.
The French do not “need moral guardians,” he said. “The French are grown-ups, who make their own choices without needing moral guardians,” the minister said. The Council of State asked the Arcom, the media regulator, on February 13 to strengthen its control over the CNews information channel, under the control – like Paris Match – of the conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré.
“I don’t comment on court decisions,” adds the minister, “but from my point of view as a citizen, I don’t think it’s ever good for the state or a public authority, whatever it is, to dictate what should be heard on TV, on the radio, or read in a newspaper,” Gérald Darmanin continues. “If you’re not happy with what’s on TV, you change the channel,” he says.
