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

La Francia convoca l’ambasciatore statunitense per i commenti sulla morte dell’attivista di estrema destra


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 (Reuters)

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)

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