FRANCE has summoned the US ambassador to Paris after he wrote a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, alleging that the country was not doing enough to combat anti-semitism.

Charles Kushner was summoned to the French Foreign Ministry today over allegations it said were “unacceptable.”

US State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott insisted on Sunday that it stood by Mr Kushner’s comments, saying: “Ambassador Kushner is doing a great job advancing our national interests in that role.”

Mr Kushner, a real-estate developer, is the father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The French Foreign Ministry said: “France firmly rejects these allegations” from Mr Kushner and that French authorities have “fully mobilised” to combat a rise in anti-semitic acts since the October 7 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel.

In Sunday’s letter, Mr Kushner wrote that “public statements haranguing Israel and gestures toward recognition of a Palestinian state embolden extremists, fuel violence and endanger Jewish life in France.”

Mr Kushner urged President Macron “to act decisively: enforce hate-crime laws without exception, ensure the safety of Jewish schools, synagogues and businesses and abandon steps that give legitimacy to Hamas and its allies.”

Mr Kushner’s allegations violate the obligation not to interfere with the internal affairs of another country, the French ministry said.