Overview
- Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Charles Kushner is blocked from meeting ministers until he gives explanations at the Quai d’Orsay.
- Kushner phoned Barrot on Tuesday, conveyed he would not interfere in France’s public debate, and the two agreed to meet in the coming days.
- The restriction followed posts by the State Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau, reshared by the U.S. Embassy in Paris, linking Deranque’s death to violent radical leftism.
- French authorities are continuing the criminal investigation in Lyon, with several suspects facing preliminary charges in connection with the 23-year-old activist’s fatal beating.
- The episode adds to recent frictions involving Trump-appointed envoys in Europe, though French officials stressed broader U.S.–France ties remain intact.