France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot answers during a session of questions to the government at the Assemblée Nationale in Paris on February 18, 2026. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
The French foreign ministry will summon Washington's ambassador over comments made by the Trump administration about the killing of a far-right activist that has been blamed on the hard left, France's top diplomat said Sunday, February 22.
"We are going to summon the United States ambassador to France, since the US embassy in France commented on this tragedy (...) which concerns the national community," Jean-Noël Barrot told local media, adding: "We reject any attempt to use this tragedy (...) for political purposes."
The administration of US President Donald Trump condemned the role of "violent radical leftism" in the fatal beating of radical far-right activist Quentin Deranque, calling for those responsible to be "brought to justice."
This is a developing story.
