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France will summon US Ambassador Charles Kushner over US comments on activist’s death
France protests U.S. claims linking Quentin Deranque's death to left-wing violence, calling it political exploitation and undermining allied trust, with seven charged in Lyon.
- Jean-Noël Barrot announced on Sunday he will summon U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner to protest embassy comments, saying, `We are going to summon the United States ambassador to France, since the US embassy in France commented on this tragedy... which concerns the national community.`
- After posts on X by the US State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism, the US Embassy in France said it was monitoring reports linking Quentin Deranque's death to left-wing militants and warned of rising 'violent radical leftism'.
- Quentin Deranque died last week after being beaten in Lyon; seven people face charges, with six men suspected on all counts and a parliamentary assistant charged with complicity.
- The episode has spilled into diplomacy, with around 3,000 marching in Lyon as Emmanuel Macron urged calm, while Barrot plans to raise US sanctions on Thierry Breton and Nicolas Guillou as "unjustified and unjustifiable".
- The killing has broader political implications as it surfaced ahead of next year's presidential vote, with municipal elections next month prompting right-wing parties to attack La France Insoumise and Jordan Bardella calling for a common front.
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In Lyon, France, a right-wing activist is beaten to death, causing national dismay. The U.S. Department of State quickly warns of an increase in violent left-wing extremism. Paris sharply rejects the remark and appoints the U.S. ambassador.
The Department of Foreign Affairs announces that it is convening US Ambassador Charles Kushner, after a message posted on X about Quentin Deranque's death.
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