France to summon U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner over State Department's comments on activist's death
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Key Points:
- France will summon U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner to protest comments from the Trump administration's State Department regarding the death of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, who was killed in Lyon, France.
- The U.S. State Department linked Deranque's death to "violent radical leftism," a characterization rejected by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, who condemned the politicization of the tragedy.
- Seven individuals have been preliminarily charged in connection with Deranque's death, facing accusations including intentional homicide, aggravated violence, and criminal conspiracy.
- Barrot also plans to address U.S. sanctions imposed on Thierry Breton, a former EU commissioner, and Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the International Criminal Court, calling these sanctions unjustified
