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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2026/2868(RSP))

On the need for an EU strategy to counter Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network

B-10-2026-0424

on behalf of the PPE Group · Rapporteur: Céline Imart

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Parliament calls for an EU strategy against Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network. It condemns entryism strategies, asks for a European methodology to identify them, and wants vigilance over institutional recognition and events. It asks the Commission and member states to send the Council factual elements to assess listing Muslim Brotherhood-linked entities on the EU list of terrorist organisations, and invites the Council to list them where criteria are met. It urges the Commission to ensure no EU funds reach entities linked to listed networks, to provide an overview of EU funds awarded to entities suspected of Muslim Brotherhood links, and to strengthen due diligence, traceability and use of the Early Detection and Exclusion System. It calls for stronger controls on visas, residence permits and mobility, more cooperation with Europol and Eurojust, and use of Schengen instruments and EU databases against transnational Islamist networks.

Key points

  1. Condemns Islamist entryism strategies aimed at weakening democratic institutions, the rule of law, equality between women and men, freedom of conscience and expression, public order and social cohesion.
  2. Stresses Europe must remain open but can no longer fund, consult or legitimise networks that use its language, procedures and funding to weaken its values from within.
  3. Recalls that protecting Muslim citizens from discrimination is a democratic obligation, but recognising organised Islamist networks as representative interlocutors is a political and institutional failure.
  4. Calls for a European methodology to identify signs of Islamist entryism, including confusion between religion and politics, institutional doublespeak, financial opacity and reconstitution of structures.
  5. Calls on the Commission and member states to support civil society actors, intellectuals, association leaders and Muslim representatives who defend democratic values and resist Islamist pressure.
  6. Asks EU institutions, agencies and Commission services to strengthen vigilance before granting recognition, invitations, partnerships or access to events to structures likely to fall within Islamist entryism strategies.
  7. Calls for EU institutions to ensure their events do not legitimise FEMYSO or other Muslim Brotherhood-linked structures, and to end such organisations' participation in those events.
  8. Asks the Commission and member states to send the Council factual elements to assess listing Muslim Brotherhood-linked entities on the EU list of terrorist organisations, and invites the Council to look beyond formally declared structures.
  9. Calls on the Council to include entities and individuals linked to the Muslim Brotherhood on the EU list of terrorist organisations where Common Position 2001/931/CFSP criteria are met, and to apply restrictive measures.
  10. Calls for stronger controls on visas, residence permits and mobility authorisations for individuals linked to Islamist networks, and for controls on foreign funding and transnational partnerships, particularly involving actors linked to Qatar or Türkiye.
  11. Urges the Commission to ensure no EU funds reach entities linked to listed networks, to provide an overview of EU funds awarded to entities suspected of Muslim Brotherhood links, and to give Parliament all grant agreements in question.
  12. Asks the Commission to ensure transparency and traceability throughout funding chains, strengthen due diligence and monitoring, make full use of the Financial Regulation and EDES, and proactively check beneficiaries' compliance with EU values.

Who is affected

  • Entities, partners and final beneficiaries of EU funding: must be checked for links to listed networks and may be excluded.
  • FEMYSO and other Muslim Brotherhood-linked structures: EU institutions should end their participation in events and meetings.
  • The Commission: must report on EU funds awarded to entities suspected of Muslim Brotherhood links and strengthen controls.
  • The Council: invited to assess and list Muslim Brotherhood-linked entities on the EU terrorist list.
  • Member states: asked to strengthen visa and mobility controls, cooperate between authorities and use Schengen instruments.

Figures and deadlines

  • Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, cited as the basis of the Union's values.
  • Articles 67, 83, 84, 85, 87 and 317 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, cited.
  • Articles 137 and 138 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 (the Financial Regulation), cited.
  • Articles 2, 3, 4 and 11 of Directive (EU) 2017/541 on combating terrorism, cited.
  • Rule 136(2) of Parliament's Rules of Procedure, cited.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union; Articles 67, 83, 84, 85, 87 and 317 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.