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European Parliament Votes 381-167 to Demand Muslim Brotherhood-Linked Groups Be Barred From EU Institutions

European Parliament votes on a strategy to counter Islamist entryism and Muslim Brotherhood networks.

Summary

  • The European Parliament voted 381-167, with 15 abstentions, on October 8 for an EU strategy against “Islamist entryism” and the Muslim Brotherhood network.
  • The resolution urges that the youth network FEMYSO and other groups it ties to the Brotherhood be shut out of EU institutions.
  • Lawmakers want the Commission to account for every case of EU money awarded to people or entities suspected of Brotherhood links.

What Happened

The European Parliament voted 381 to 167, with 15 abstentions, to demand an EU strategy against what it called Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network, according to the Parliament’s Legislative Observatory. The center-right EPP tabled the text. Greens and Left members voted almost unanimously against it, and most Socialists abstained, roll-call data show.

The resolution says the Brotherhood works through associations, foundations, charities and cultural, educational and social groups rather than formal membership. It lists warning signs including “institutional doublespeak,” financial opacity, recurring partnerships and the misuse of anti-discrimination frameworks.

Lawmakers singled out the Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO), deploring its invitation into Parliament by Left and Green members on September 21. They called for FEMYSO and other groups linked to the Council of European Muslims to be denied access to EU institutions and removed from the Transparency Register. They asked the Commission to account for every case of EU money awarded to people or entities suspected of Brotherhood links, to tighten scrutiny of foreign funding tied to Qatar or Türkiye, and to keep EU funds away from listed terrorist networks.

The Bigger Picture

Germany’s domestic intelligence service counted about 1,450 people in the Muslim Brotherhood spectrum in its 2025 report, a figure unchanged since 2023, according to Germany’s Federal Agency for Civic Education. A French government report in May 2025 warned that Brotherhood-linked networks were building influence from the local level and posed a “threat to national cohesion.” In Cicero, journalist Ferdinand Knauß argued that left-wing parties have become “useful idiots” for political Islam and pointed to Berlin, where he says the SPD and Greens are pursuing cooperation with the Left Party.

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