The Minister of Action and Public Accounts Gérald Darmanin on Sunday called on his camp to support Agnès Buzyn, who "wants" to continue the municipal campaign in Paris despite his controversial remarks on the first ballot. "We have to support our candidate, she is a tall woman who has left her ministry," said Gérald Darmanin, interviewed during the broadcast of the Grand Jury RTL-Le Figaro-LCI.
After the score of Mrs. Buzyn who had collected 17.3% of the votes in the first round, far behind the outgoing socialist mayor, Anne Hidalgo (29.3%), and her competitor LR, Rachida Dati (22.7%), discordant voices began to be heard.
Six weeks of descent into hell
A providential figure of the municipal in Paris in the dock in the coronavirus crisis, the former Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn lived six weeks of descent into hell, from which she tried to get out in April by giving the blouse to the hospital.
Thursday, asked about France Inter to find out if Agnès Buzyn was still the head of the list of LREM (La République en Marche) in Paris, the Secretary of State in charge of Equality between women and men, running mate in the XIVth arrondissement, Marlène Schiappa, had replied: "I have no information in this regard. I am unable to answer you".
Agnès Buzyn's words? "Not annoying," he says
A doubt swept aside on Sunday by Gérald Darmanin. "I spoke to her as recently as last week, because we planned to see each other. She wants to be mayor of Paris," said Gérald Darmanin, who does not consider the comments by "not embarrassing" the former Minister of Health: Agnès Buzyn was moved in the press to maintain the first round and denounced a "masquerade".
"The ministers must not go on the television sets to type on that which is one of the most courageous among us", judged Gérald Darmanin. "She had the courage to replace Benjamin Griveaux in difficult circumstances", for a battle, according to the minister, which is the "main battle of the municipal officials". "I want her to win and I will support her for you," he added.