French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot mentioned Sunday he would summon the US ambassador to France over comments made about the death of a French far-right activist earlier this month, which he labeled as “interference.”
Quentin Deranque died two days after struggling extreme head accidents in a brawl within the metropolis of Lyon on February 12, drawing criticism from the Trump administration which described the death as the results of left-wing violence.
“We are summoning the US ambassador to France because the embassy issued a commentary on this event which concerns the national community. We reject any interference in this event,” Barrot mentioned in an interview with radio station France Inter.
On Friday, the US embassy in France shared an X submit from the US State Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau which mentioned experiences that Deranque “was killed by left-wing militants, should concern us all.”
“Violent radical leftism is on the rise and its role in Quentin Deranque’s death demonstrates the threat it poses to public safety,” the X submit mentioned.
This is a growing story and will probably be up to date.