Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001138/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Christophe Bay (PfE), Anna Bryłka (PfE), Hermann Tertsch (PfE), Irmhild Boßdorf (ESN), Catherine Griset (PfE), Anna Maria Cisint (PfE), Julien Sanchez (PfE), André Rougé (PfE), Gilles Pennelle (PfE), Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain (PfE), Ondřej Knotek (PfE), Séverine Werbrouck (PfE), Angéline Furet (PfE), Pascale Piera (PfE)
In October 2024, the Commission gave support to and circulated a report entitled ‘The legal framework to combat anti-Muslim hate in the European Union’, which had been drawn up by the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination and funded by George Soros’s Open Society Foundations in particular.
The report equates any criticism of radical Islamism with systemic discrimination, thus obscuring the genuine threats posed to our democracies by what is a totalitarian ideology. It seeks to hamper any political or legal action against Islamism.
The Rassemblement National political party would point out that its fight is against Islamism, not Muslims. Secularism is a fundamental value of the French Republic; it is enshrined in Article 1 of its Constitution. By equating any opposition to Islamism with a form of structural racism, the report deprives public policies to combat extremism of their legitimacy.
In this context:
- 1.Can the Commission explain why it has published and thus endorsed a report that legitimises a culpable complacency towards Islamism?
- 2.What action does it intend to take to correct that stance and ensure that combating Islamism is one of its priorities?
Supporters[1]
Submitted: 18.3.2025
- [1] This question is supported by Members other than the authors: Jean-Paul Garraud (PfE), Julien Leonardelli (PfE)