« Ambition Intime » : les confidences de Darmanin, Rousseau et Bardella
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PARIS – 31 mai 2024 – L’émission « Ambition Intime » diffusée sur M6 a sondé, dimanche soir, les personnalités de Gérald Darmanin, Sandrine Rousseau, Jordan Bardella et Fabien Roussel. On y découvre les parcours et les convictions de ces figures politiques, des témoignages de leurs proches, révélant un regard plus humain. Qui sont-ils, que veulent-ils, où cela les mène-t-il, quand cela a-t-il commencé et pourquoi se livrent-ils ? Ces révélations suscitent un aperçu sur les dynamiques politiques à venir et les stratégies des futurs acteurs. Pour en savoir plus, poursuivez votre lecture…
As in 2016 and 2021, several political figures engaged themselves on Sunday evening in Karine Le Marchand on M6. The opportunity, two years before the next presidential election, to retrace their journey, and to humanize their image using testimonies from relatives.
Is politics just about the ambition, low blows and strategy or is it above all in personalities who carry their share of shadow and light in them? This is the whole bet of the show An intimate ambition , which has been trying, since its first episode in the fall of 2016 (the second date of the fall of 2021), to humanize political life and its main managers. Those who will play a role in the coming years, especially during the next presidential election. The format, the third issue of which was broadcast on Sunday evening on M6, especially allows several personalities to engage, by retracing their childhood and their journey, through testimonies of relatives, while revealing moments of their daily lives. The fact remains that these leaders only show what they want to show …
After receiving Nicolas SarkozyBruno Le Maire, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Rachida Dati or Marlène Schiappa The previous seasons, the presenter of the show invited four new personalities: Gérald DarmaninMinister of Justice; Sandrine Rousseau, environmental member; Jordan Bardella, boss of the national rally; As well as Fabien Roussel, leader of the Communists. Le Figaro You summarize what to remember from the new episode ofAn intimate ambition.
Darmanin “thinks of the presidential election”, Sarkozy praises his “popular fiber”
Although he is not yet officially a candidate in 2027, Gérald Darmanin lets less and less doubt about his intentions. A month after taking everyone short by entrusting La Voix du Nord son “envy” to run for the Élysée, specifying when he “Work” At the development of a project, the Minister of Justice was even more explicit on Sunday evening: “Yes, I think of the presidential election”, he said, adding that it was “To offer something to the country”. Favorable to the organization of an open primary ranging from the Macron camp to the Republicans – if no one is naturally imposed to represent the right and the center – the Keeper of the Seals did not specify in which framework he planned to present himself. Returning to his early years of political engagement, first with Xavier Bertrand then as director of cabinet of the Minister of Sports David Douillet, the northerner was, without surprise, outstanded on Nicolas Sarkozythe one who really set foot in the stirrup.
The two personalities have been a mutual respect since the time of the primary of the right in 2016, a ballot during which Gérald Darmanin led the campaign of the former head of the State. “I wanted to work for Nicolas Sarkozy, I had great admiration for him, I learned a lot from him”he praised. For his part, the former President of the Republic remembered their first meeting: “He had a sparkling eye and he had something very rare in politics, popular fiber”. “Maybe he reminded me of the young man I was, I needed his energy”greets the former strong man of the right, who had already paid tribute to that which he considers as a «ami» in the third volume of his memories, The time of the fighting (Ed. Fayard, 2023). A declaration in the form of a dubbing two years from the presidential election.
Regarding his commitment twelve years ago against marriage for all, opening this union to homosexual people, Gérald Darmanin says the “regret”. “I was totally shifted on societal issues, I changed when I became a father”recognized the Keeper of the Seals. Which left M6’s cameras to capture some of his moments spent with the family, appearing in the private apartments of Place Beauvau, from the time he was still Minister of the Interior, alongside his wife, Rose-Marie Devillers, and their two sons.
Rousseau’s commitment in favor of “active help to die” revealed
Second personality to lend itself to the portrait game: the environmental deputy Sandrine Rousseau. Very committed to the issue of climate, the elected representative of Paris returned to her convictions that have long been anchored in her. “In the 1970s, we already had all the reports that allowed us to know everything that was going to happen (…) We waited, we waited”deplores the one who thinks about Present in 2027 in the event of a common primary of the left. “I have the impression that humanity behaves a bit like adolescents who do not want to store their room”quipped the eco -feminist, spinning the metaphor that sums up her critical look at what she considers climate inaction.
The opportunity also to come back to his anti -racism activism, started in the mid -1980s in SOS Racisme. “It was the first time that youth have taken control and affirmed values of inclusion, respect for the other”remembers Sandrine Rousseau, who is continuing her commitment today by participating almost every Sunday in demonstrations on these questions.
Another fight she is taking in the public debate, that of the end of life – two bills were also adopted on the subject last week in the National Assembly. Her convictions, she forged them on the death of her mother in 2013, the latter having committed suicide after a long fight against cancer. “As she did a little clandestine, I am now an activist of active help to die. She didn’t tell me “goodbye” “she said, overwhelmed by emotion. “I want there to be a right to choose his death”insisted Sandrine Rousseau, evoking a promise made to her mother in this sense.
“I know what I owe him”: the tribute of Jordan Bardella to Marine Le Pen
How did Jordan Bardella enter politics? All his relatives evoke, as of his adolescence, a «passion» For Marine Le Pen, to the point that he is still able today to recite by heart some of her old television interventions. Engaged at the National Front (now national rally) at his 16th birthday, the person concerned, with hindsight, that politics “Has completely changed it”. “It helped me go to adulthood”underlines the one who heads the party today to the flame. “Jordan is really the symbol of meritocracy. There are hundreds of young people in our movement, and at some point, we give it a chance ”indicates the president of the RN deputies, who offered her from the 2017 presidential election to come and work alongside him.
“He’s a person who counts. I know what I owe him. She is very modest, she participated in the construction of the politician that I am ”praised Jordan Bardella In this program recorded in February, long before the verdict of the trial of parliamentary assistants of the FN MEP made Marine Le Pen immediately ineligible – a decision which she appealed. Between the two headliners of the RN, the relationship has since oscillated between complementarity and rivalry. Because if the double presidential finalist was indeed prevented from presenting himself, this would mechanically open the way to an candidacy of Jordan Bardella. However, Marine Le Pen claims not to be in an approach “Protection” or “Ascending” With regard to his dolphin. “We really have an equal relationship”ensures the elected official of Pas-de-Calais. “People do not know the subtlety of our relationship, this tandem is unique in French political life”rejoices Jordan Bardella while tensions arose last week at the top of the RN.
Roussel ensures “not having the same project” as Mélenchon
Returning to his 2022 presidential campaign, the Communist Fabien Roussel assumed his line of “Happy days”refusing to give in to a speech he deems “depressed “. “I want to sell happiness in the bar”launches the former Northern deputy, while recognizing his disappointment in the face of his modest score of 2.3%. “I don’t like to lose (…) When we go to an election, we are going to win”he said. Three years later, he still finds a reason for satisfaction: “We still managed to make our voice heard and raise our heads.”
What about his relationships often described as shady with Jean-Luc Mélenchon? “We sometimes talk to each other, to find ourselves in two”replies the leader of the PCF. But there is no question for him to put himself behind the leader of the rebellious: “We don’t have the same project at all (…) I want to continue playing a role in this country to show that there is a sincere, honest and authentic left”he insists.
