Twelve bodyguards, three cars… Darmanin takes a record from Beauvau

It’s a revelation that comes at a bad time when Michel Barnier is advocating rigor. If the Prime Minister continues to ask his ministers to set an example, while public finances are at half mast, Gérald Darmanin for his part would have left with a big advantage from the Ministry of the Interior.

The now deputy from the North “left Beauvau well accompanied: no less than twelve security officers and three cars”, assures the Chained Duck in its edition this Wednesday.

Better protected than Barnier

Usually, a former Minister of the Interior “is content with a vehicle and four gorillas”. The satirical weekly notes in passing that this is a record and above all it is more than for the current Prime Minister. The symbol may therefore be difficult to swallow on the Matignon side.

During the transfer of power with Bruno Retailleau, Gérald Darmanin supported his request with a note from the Anti-Terrorism Coordination Unit (Uclat). This, read by the Canardreveals that the man who was then still the first cop in France had been placed on July 8 by Uclat at level “T2” for the threats weighing on him, level “T1” only applying in the event of war .

A new evaluation to come

Uclat nevertheless admits that it does not have “information materializing a plan for violent action targeting Gérald Darmanin. » It is therefore only a precautionary principle with regard in particular to “the particular sensitivity of the functions exercised by the Minister of the Interior” but also to “his strong media exposure”. A new evaluation is planned by the end of the year.