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France to summon US ambassador over comments on far-right activist's death
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Posted on February 22, 2026
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1 min readLast updated: February 22, 2026
France will summon U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner after embassy remarks on a far-right activist’s killing. Authorities are monitoring the case as tensions between far-left and far-right groups rise in France.
PARIS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Sunday that he would summon the U.S. ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, over comments on the killing of a French far-right activist last week.
French far-right activist Quentin Deranque was beaten to death in a fight with alleged hard-left activists, in an incident that shocked the nation.
The U.S. Embassy in France and the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism said they were monitoring the case, warning on X that "violent radical leftism was on the rise" and should be treated as a public safety threat.
(Reporting by Layli Foroudi; Editing by Alex Richardson)
France plans to summon the U.S. ambassador following comments related to the killing of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, heightening diplomatic tensions.
French officials objected to remarks from the U.S. side about the case, prompting the foreign minister to seek an explanation from Ambassador Charles Kushner.
The incident fuels debate over political violence in France and may influence Europe–U.S. relations and market risk sentiment as investors track political stability.
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