A group of civil society organisations has strongly condemned a European Parliament resolution that calls for a European Union strategy to “counter Islamist entryism” and links youth and activist groups to the Muslim Brotherhood without evidence.
On Thursday, the European Parliament, one of the EU’s two legislative bodies, debated “the need for an EU strategy to counter Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network”.
The parliament passed a resolution by 381 votes to 167, urging EU countries to provide information to help assess whether individuals and organisations supposedly linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and “affiliated networks” meet the criteria for terrorist designation.
Led by an alliance of MEPs from the far right and centre right, including the European People’s Party and Renew, the 10-page resolution calls on the European Commission to provide a “comprehensive overview” of all EU funds delivered to entities accused of being affiliated with the Brotherhood.
“oh well if it’s the far-right and the center-right it can’t be discriminatory legislature!” as if the EU isn’t the problem, the thing itself that readily gives all the power for fascism and denies power for socialism.
