French minister moves to block US envoy Kushner from government access

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has requested that US Ambassador to France Charles Kushner be blocked from accessing government officials after Kushner failed to explain comments about a rise in violence in France. The controversy began when the US embassy posted on social media that "violent left-wing extremism is on the rise" in France, following the murder of far-right nationalist Quentin Deranque. Deranque was beaten by masked young men in Lyon, an attack blamed on "far-left" militants. Kushner had been summoned to meet Barrot but did not attend and instead sent a deputy from the US embassy. The French government has accused Kushner of failing to grasp the ambassadorial mission and has requested that he no longer be allowed direct access to government ministers. Six men have been charged over Deranque's death, while a parliamentary assistant for a radical left party has also been charged with complicity.

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