LFI assures that the police tried to arrest its deputy Raphaël Arnault at Lyon station

La France insoumise assured Tuesday that its deputy for Vaucluse Raphaël Arnault, founder of the anti-fascist movement of the Young Guard, "would have been the target of an attempted police arrest planned on the platforms of Lyon station, when getting off his train" in the morning.

“This would only have failed due to a police error regarding the train in which the rebellious MP was traveling, totally unaware of this project,” assures the LFI parliamentary group in a press release. “Raphaël Arnault has nothing to hide and, as always, is at the disposal of justice,” continues the same source.

The Insoumis denounce “a frame-up after several statements by the Prime Minister targeting MP Raphaël Arnault by name”. The press release was published during the session of questions to the government in the Assembly, which was attended by Raphaël Arnault. Earlier during this session, the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, had designated it as proof of the existence of a “link of union” between La France insoumise and certain small ultra-left groups.