PARIS, July 16 — France’s new Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin today said he was the victim of a “manhunt” as a controversy over his appointment despite a rape accusation showed no signs of abating. President Emmanuel Macron this week promoted Darmanin, a former budget minister and rising...
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on July 15, 2020. — AFP pic
But the appointment was shadowed by an ongoing investigation into a claim Darmanin raped a woman in 2009, and infuriated feminists. He argued that criticism of his appointment was politically motivated and aimed at weakening the government.
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