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.

France has summoned the American ambassador to Paris after the diplomat, Charles Kushner, wrote a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron alleging the country did not do enough to combat antisemitism.

France’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the US ambassador to the country, Charles Kushner, after he authored a letter accusing the French government of a “lack of sufficient action” in confronting antisemitism.