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

TA-10-2026-0342 · P10_TA(2026)0342 · PE788.289

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Parliament's resolution calls for an EU strategy against Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network. It asks the Commission and member states to gather evidence for listing linked entities on the EU terrorist list, to block EU funds to such networks, and to deny them institutional access. It asks for a European methodology to spot entryism, stronger due diligence and traceability of EU funding, and full use of the Financial Regulation and the Early Detection and Exclusion System. It also calls for an EU list of hate preachers and tighter visa and residence controls. It supports national bans on full-face coverings in public spaces, urges legal consequences for promoting Islamist ideologies, and calls for cooperation through Europol, Eurojust and Schengen instruments. It condemns antisemitism and pays tribute to victims of Islamist terrorism.

Key points

  1. Condemns Islamist entryism as covert interference weakening democratic institutions, the rule of law and public neutrality, and warns it rolls back women's rights, LGBTIQ+ rights and freedom of conscience.
  2. Says Europe must stay 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 duty, but treating organised Islamist networks as representative interlocutors is an institutional failure.
  4. Denounces the rise of antisemitism and efforts to use the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to spread antisemitic narratives, while stating that criticism of Israel's actions remains legitimate.
  5. Calls for a European methodology to identify signs of Islamist entryism, such as confusion between religion and politics, financial opacity, activist reports and reconstitution of structures.
  6. Supports national measures prohibiting full-face coverings (niqab or burqa) in public spaces and premises open to the public as necessary for public security and social cohesion.
  7. Calls on the Commission and member states to support civil society actors, intellectuals and Muslim representatives who defend democratic values and resist Islamist pressure.
  8. Asks EU institutions, agencies and Commission services to strengthen vigilance before granting recognition, invitations, partnerships or event access to structures likely to fall under Islamist entryism.
  9. Deplores FEMYSO's invitation to Parliament on 21 September 2026 and calls for organisations linked to the Council of European Muslims to be denied access to EU institutions and removed from the EU Transparency Register.
  10. Asks the Commission and member states to send the Council factual elements to assess listing Muslim Brotherhood-linked entities on the EU terrorist list, and invites the Council to include them where Common Position 2001/931/CFSP criteria are met.
  11. Welcomes national lists of hate preachers, calls for an EU-level list, and asks for tighter visa, residence and mobility controls for individuals linked to it.
  12. Urges the Commission to ensure no EU funds reach entities linked to listed networks, to report all cases of EU funds awarded to Muslim Brotherhood-linked persons, and to strengthen due diligence, traceability and use of the Early Detection and Exclusion System.

Who is affected

  • Entities and individuals linked to the Muslim Brotherhood network, who could face EU terrorist listing, funding exclusion and denial of institutional access.
  • FEMYSO and organisations linked to the Council of European Muslims, which Parliament wants denied access to EU institutions and removed from the EU Transparency Register.
  • EU funding applicants and beneficiaries, who would face stronger value-compliance checks, due diligence and traceability requirements.
  • Member states, asked to strengthen cooperation, use Schengen instruments and databases, and tighten visa and residence controls.
  • Civil society actors, intellectuals and Muslim representatives defending democratic values, whom the Commission and member states are asked to support.

Figures and deadlines

  • 21 September 2026: date FEMYSO held its annual European Day of Action Against Islamophobia on Parliament's premises.
  • Since 2019: no EU funding has been allocated directly to FEMYSO.
  • June 2026: FEMYSO used EU funding through civil society consortia to organise events across the EU as recently as this date.

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.