European Parliament Urges Stricter Financial Monitoring of the Muslim Brotherhood

The European Parliament has formally requested that the European Commission enhance its oversight of financial flows directed toward the Muslim Brotherhood within the continent. Approved by a vote of 381 to 167, a 10-page resolution spearheaded by the European People's Party (EPP) and supported by the Renew group calls for a comprehensive overview of all EU funds distributed to entities suspected of having connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.

The resolution demands that this overview explicitly detail the amounts received and identify the control failures that permitted the allocation of such funds. It highlights several organizations—such as Femyso, the European Network Against Racism, Al Sharq Forum, Islamic Relief Worldwide, and the University of Gaziantep—that have received EU funding across sensitive areas like youth, education, anti-discrimination, culture, research, and humanitarian action despite questions regarding their institutional, financial, or ideological links to political Islam.

MEP Tomas Zdechovsky, the EPP budget control spokesman, emphasized the need for full traceability, stating that every euro must be traceable and funding halted if rules are breached. Ursula von der Leyen's executive body has three months to respond to the non-binding resolution, which also encourages the development of new assessment and control tools tailored to combat network structures and entryism strategies. Furthermore, the resolution suggests listing certain supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists and notes that several EU member states have already banned linked entities.