Diplomatic tension between France and the United States after the letter of the ambassador Kushner against the Macron plan to recognize the Palestinian state
Emmanuel Macron It took taste. After doing the same with the Italian one a few days ago, the French Foreign Ministry summoned the US ambassador to Paris, Charles Kushnerto protest against his open letter in which, Sunday evening, he had accused France of not having done enough to counter anti -Semitism. A thesis, that of Kushnerthat Paris called “unacceptable”.
In his letter, the US ambassador, who is also a consultocene of Donald Trumpin particular, has criticized the French intention to recognize the Palestinian state next month. “The public declarations that Paternale make to Israel and the gestures in favor of the recognition of a Palestinian state encourage extremists, feed violence and endanger the life of the Jews in France”, he wrote Kushnerthen urge Macron “To act decisively: to apply the laws on hatred crimes without exception, guarantee the safety of schools, synagogues and Jewish companies and abandon the measures that legitimize Hamas and its allies”. Declarations, those of Kushnerwho, on Sunday evening, obtained the endorsement of the spokesperson of the American State Department,Tommy Pigott. “The ambassador Kushner It is our representative of the United States government in France and is carrying out an excellent job in promoting our national interests in this role, “he said.
The French announcement of wanting to recognize the Palestinian state had already created fibrillations between Paris and Washington in recent weeks. “The United States firmly reject the plan Emmanuel Macron to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly. This reckless decision only feeds Hamas’ propaganda and hinders peace, “said the American secretary of state, Marco Rubioat the end of July. Not only that. In early August, the same Rubio he had also accused Macron to have made the negotiations with Hamas derail, making his intention to recognize the Palestinian state known. Moreover, beyond the Middle Eastern question, it is not the first time that the current French president started diplomatic turbulence with Washington. In September 2021, Paris attracted her ambassador to the United States for consultations, after Australia had canceled an order of French manufacture submarines, to buy other American and British buildings.
It is however significant in its own way that the convocation of Kushner occurred immediately after that of the Italian ambassador, Emanuela D’Alessandro. Also in that case, Paris had spoken of “unacceptable” comments, referring to the criticisms of Matteo Salvini to Macron on the theme of any deployment of European soldiers in Ukrainian territory. Beyond the contingent issues, the French president is on course with the Meloni government precisely because the latter has always played on the shore with Washington. A line that the Elisee is not willing to accept: it is not in fact a mystery that Paris points all about the weakening of transatlantic relationships, to try to relaunch the role of France within the EU both from a political point of view and the defense.
It is in this sense that the will, expressed by Paris, to recognize the Palestinian state, as well as the hard line that the Elisee has promoted in the commercial negotiations between Brussels and Washington must be read. France also aims to weaken the links between the European and US defense industry. Not surprisingly, he pushed that the “Buy European” clause was inserted in the Readin 2030 Plan: a circumstance that had irritated the Americans. On the other hand, it was the Filofrancese chain that opposed Italy to a possible agreement between Rome and Starlink: reality, the latter, which belongs to a Pentagon contractor, as Spacex.
