Source: New York Times
“The French government has summoned the U.S. ambassador to Paris, Charles Kushner, to protest the State Department’s criticism of a deadly attack this month on a right-wing activist in Lyon. The beating death of the activist, Quentin Deranque, 23, caused tensions to spike between the far left and the far right in France. It also reverberated internationally, with the Trump administration and the right-wing prime minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, both raising concerns — and rankling French officials in the process. … The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, confirmed the decision to summon Mr. Kushner on Sunday. He told a French broadcaster that his government rejected efforts to exploit the killing for political purposes and that the United States should not interfere in an internal French matter.” (02/23/26)