France to summon US ambassador over comments on far-right activist's death

Makeshift memorial in tribute to Quentin Deranque, a young far-right activist beaten to death during a violent assault by hard-left activists, at the site where the attack took place, in Lyon, France, February 21, 2026. REUTERS/Nicolas Economou

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.

"We refuse all political opportunism around this drama, which is the ​bereavement of a French family," he ⁠said during an interview ⁠with French media outlets France Info, France Inter and Le ⁠Monde.