France Summons US Envoy Over Antisemitism Allegations

Charles Kushner, the US ambassador to France, sent his deputy to receive a dressing-down after he sparked the French government’s ire with an editorial that accused President Emmanuel Macron of not doing enough to fight antisemitism.

Kushner was absent, so Deputy Chief of Mission Mario Mesquita attended in his place, according to a French official. In the meeting, the foreign ministry repeated its position that Kushner’s remarks interfered in France’s internal affairs and didn’t take into account its efforts to fight antisemitism, according to a French diplomat.