LREM since Darmanin struggled academically while attending a public school in Valenciennes, so his parents decided to pay for private education in Paris. When they ran out of money for tuition, the school allowed Darmanin to finish his studies for free; in exchange, he had to spend years working as a hall monitor. In the legislative election , Darmanin was elected to the National Assembly in the tenth constituency of Nord ; at the time, he was one of the country's youngest lawmakers.
In this capacity, he supported Bruno Le Maire , the Minister of the Economy and Finance , although himself a cabinet member. Soon after taking office, Darmanin announced plans to achieve 4.
In Darmanin was accused of sexual coercion and harassment by two women relating to alleged misconduct in and between and , with one of the women alleging that while Mayor of Tourcoing he asked for sexual favours in exchange for providing her with social housing. However prosecutors dropped the case, claiming an inability to determine an "absence of consent", as Darmanin denied both allegations.
In , Darmanin oversaw a widely discussed agreement between Google and French tax authorities, marking the end of a four-year investigation that looked at whether the company routed profits from its French activities to Ireland, which was a lower-tax jurisdiction at the time.
Google eventually agreed to pay almost 1 billion euros to settle all of its litigation with the tax authorities. In the early phase of the COVID pandemic in France , Darmanin oversaw the government's efforts to mobilise billion euros to support industries the hardest hit by the crisis as part of a response that pushed debt to record levels. In the municipal election , Darmanin was reelected as Mayor of Tourcoing but resigned soon thereafter.
