Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000629/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Paolo Inselvini (ECR), Carlo Fidanza (ECR), Chiara Gemma (ECR), Alberico Gambino (ECR), Elena Donazzan (ECR), Giovanni Crosetto (ECR), Marco Squarta (ECR), Daniele Polato (ECR), Carlo Ciccioli (ECR), Sergio Berlato (ECR), Michele Picaro (ECR), Francesco Torselli (ECR), Stefano Cavedagna (ECR)
According to the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, in recent years, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has received large sums from the Commission: EUR 599 000 in 2022, EUR 875 987 in 2023, EUR 875 776 in 2024 and EUR 919 101.60 in 2025, which comes to a total of EUR 3 269 864.60[1].
Those figures give cause for concern: the IPPF has been involved in a number of scandals in recent years. In 2015, an undercover investigation revealed that some managers discussed the sale of foetal tissue from late abortions, including cases where foetuses would have been born alive[2]. Subsequently, in 2024, further videos came to light showing similar conversations between senior IPPF officials[3]. What is more, in 2025, an IPPF chapter in Florida was accused of breaching tax laws, offering working space to the Harris-Walz presidential campaign[4].
Concerns are therefore being raised about how EU funds allocated to the IPPF are being used. In the light of the above:
- 1.What steps will the Commission take to ensure that EU funds are not used for controversial or potentially illegal lobbying by the IPPF?
- 2.Has it carried out thorough checks on the use of the funding allocated to the IPPF and if so, what were the results?
- 3.Is it willing to suspend or review its allocating of funding to the IPPF?
Submitted: 11.2.2025
- [1] https://agendaeurope.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/outrageous-the-eus-most-aggressive-baby-slaughtering-lobby-receives-80-of-its-budget-directly-from-the-european-commission/.
- [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZr7rzVwEnw.
- [3] https://nypost.com/2024/08/08/us-news/undercover-video-allegedly-shows-planned-parenthood-scandal/.
- [4] https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/us-news/planned-parenthood-chapter-gave-harris-campaign-workspace-breaking-tax-law-irs-complaint/?utm_source=chatgpt.com.