European Parliament backs resolution urging EU terrorist listing for Muslim Brotherhood
MEPs backed a resolution demanding the EU add the Muslim Brotherhood to its terrorist list, cut funding and bar it from EU institutions, as French riots dominate debate.
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The European Parliament has backed a resolution calling on the EU to add the Muslim Brotherhood to its list of terrorist organisations. The vote took place as France faces continuing unrest, with protests described as among the largest in recent French history and more than 24 schools reportedly burned or vandalised in recent days.
The resolution calls for the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups close to Islamist networks to be denied EU funding and access to EU institutions. It also sets out a strategy to counter Islamist entryism and Muslim Brotherhood networks. Supporters said two-thirds of MEPs voted in favour, with four major political groups backing the text. A French MEP from Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's National Rally called the result a historic win and said the EU had for years opened doors to Islamist groups.
The vote was quickly linked to events in France. Jordan Bardella blamed decades of laxity and mass immigration for the disorder. Donald Trump said the unrest was nothing less than out of control mass migration and claimed it was about Islam wanting to take over a once great country. A French MEP said the riots showed Islamist entryism at work and accused the French far left of fuelling violence. He said some students wanted to fight police and French institutions on behalf of Allah, and accused Jean-Luc Melenchon's La France Insoumise of supporting Islamist organisations.
Not everyone accepted that framing. A former Labour councillor said the debate was mixing up different issues. He said France has periodic outbreaks of unrest, pointing to 1968, and argued the violence was not about Islam. He also said Trump was not well briefed on French history, post-colonialism, immigration and French identity. He welcomed greater scrutiny of the Muslim Brotherhood but disputed the link between the French riots and Islamism.
The resolution demands that the Muslim Brotherhood be put on the EU terrorist list. It is a call for action from EU institutions rather than a statement that the listing has already taken legal effect. The debate in the European Parliament reflects a wider political battle over migration, security and Islamist networks in Europe. Supporters framed the vote as a sign that European politics is shifting, while critics warned against conflating domestic unrest with religious extremism.
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| Recent protests in France saw more than 24 schools burned or vandalised. | |
| The European Parliament passed a resolution urging the EU to add the Muslim Brotherhood to its terrorist list, cut funding to it, and bar it from EU institutions, with two-thirds of MEPs and four major political groups backing the measure. | |
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GB News treated the European Parliament vote as a historic breakthrough against Islamism and gave a sympathetic platform to a French National Rally MEP who framed it as a win for European security. It tied the vote directly to the French riots, presenting them as evidence of Islamist entryism and far-left collusion, while also giving airtime to a sceptical panellist who rejected that link. The segment mixed parliamentary reporting with commentary on migration, the Spanish amnesty and the Reconquista flag.
- “It is an historic win, a great success. The definition of the Islamic Brotherhood as a terroristic organisation.”
- “Astonishingly today, the European Parliament has voted support, adding the Muslim Brotherhood to the European Union's terrorist list”
- “I think we're mixing up a number of issues here and anybody who knows France and French history knows that periodically there are significant outbreaks of unrest on the streets.”
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