France will summon US Ambassador Charles Kushner over US comments on activist’s death
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned U.S. Embassy comments blaming 'violent radical leftism' in activist's death and will also address U.S. sanctions on French officials.
- 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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France has revoked government access to U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, after he "did not appear" when he was summoned over comments made by the U.S. administration about the death of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, AFP reported...
France blasts US for 'instrumentalizing' far-right death, threatens to school Ambassador Charles Kushner on 'violence'
France is set to summon U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner to protest recent comments from the Trump administration concerning the beating death of a far-right activist. This move highlights a growing diplomatic spat between the two nations, stemming from a statement made by the U.S. State Department. On the 20th, the State Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau posted on X: “Reports, corroborated by the French Minister of the Interior, that Quentin …
France to Summon US Ambassador After Far-Right Killing
France plans to formally protest to Washington over US comments about the killing of a young far-right activist in Lyon, the Guardian reports. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said he will summon US ambassador Charles Kushner after the US State Department's counterterrorism bureau and the US embassy in Paris posted...
Does not tolerate other countries condemning the murder of Quentin Deranque. "We do not take lessons from the international reactionary movement."
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