MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Development aid to Pakistan – E-000242/2025

Source: European Parliament

Question for written answer  E-000242/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Barbara Bonte (PfE)

The EU provides approximately EUR 100 million a year in development aid to Pakistan. Part of these funds go to education.

  • 1.What control mechanisms does the Commission have in place to ensure that these funds do not serve to strengthen Islamic extremist education in Pakistan?
  • 2.Education across the EU is suffering from a dramatic drop in quality, teacher shortages, and problems directly linked to mass migration. In light of this, what arguments can the Commission put forward to justify funding education in other continents – particularly Islamic education?

Submitted: 21.1.2025

Last updated: 29 January 2025

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