In a nearly empty hemicycle, Yaël Braun-Pivet paid tribute to a soldier “committed since 2004 to the army”, who “chose to dedicate himself to France.”
After the army’s tribute, a political tribute was paid. The National Assembly observed a minute of silence on Wednesday afternoon for French soldier Arnaud Frion “who died for France” in a drone attack in the Erbil region of Iraq.
In a nearly empty hemicycle, Yaël Braun-Pivet paid tribute to the memory of a soldier “committed since 2004 to the army”, who “chose to dedicate himself to France.” The president of the Assembly reminded everyone before the government question session that “He died for her.”
Promoted posthumously to the rank of major, Arnaud Frion was married and a father of a child. “On your behalf, I express our solidarity to his family, his loved ones, his brothers and sisters in arms of the 7th battalion of Alpine hunters of Varces,” she assured. Yaël Braun-Pivet then asked the members of the national representation to stand for a minute of silence.
Promoted posthumously to the rank of major, 42-year-old Arnaud Frion, married and a father, was deployed in Iraq as part of the international coalition established in 2014 against the Islamic State jihadist group. Six other soldiers were injured along with him. They were all struck while at a base under the authority of Kurdish peshmerga fighters, located southwest of Erbil in Mala Qara.
