Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002646/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
Markus Buchheit (ESN)
The EU operates programmes such as EUROsocIAL+, which promote ‘social cohesion’ in Latin America through the reform of public policies in areas such as gender equality and social welfare[1]. Are radical agendas abroad being financed with European taxpayers’ money?
Various non-governmental organisations in Latin America receive direct or indirect funding from the European Union. Some of these organisations openly promote leftist ideological positions, such as radical feminism, extreme environmentalism or gender theory, in countries whose social and cultural structures differ significantly from those in Europe. This export of ideology, under the guise of development cooperation, generates political and social tensions and may be perceived as a form of ideological neo-colonialism.
- 1.Can the Commission say what organisations in Latin America have received EU funding over the past five years, including the amounts received, stated objectives of the funding and the actual outcomes?
- 2.What control mechanisms are in place to ensure that such funds are not used to promote specific political agendas?
- 3.Does the Commission consider that such funding respects the cultural and political sovereignty of Latin American states or is it using their economic vulnerability to impose its own agenda?
Submitted: 30.6.2025
- [1] https://www.guiafc.es/eurosocial-programa-para-la-cohesion-social/.