France Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Comments on Activist’s Killing

France summoned the U.S. ambassador to Paris, Charles Kushner, to protest the State Department’s criticism of the beating death of Quentin Deranque, 23, after the department said the incident "should concern us all" and that "violent radical leftism is on the rise and its role in Quentin Deranque’s death demonstrates the threat it poses to public safety." Mr.

Kushner failed to appear, and a French diplomatic official said the foreign ministry would recommend that the ambassador no longer be allowed direct access to French government officials. The killing, which followed clashes between far-left and far-right supporters, has heightened tensions in France and reverberated abroad.

The Trump administration and Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, raised concerns, rankling French officials; President Trump has made championing Europe’s far right a centerpiece of his approach to the continent, partly through his administration’s National Security Strategy.

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