FEMYSO’s Muslim Brotherhood Connections Criticized by European Right

FEMYSO’s Mus­lim Broth­er­hood con­nec­tions were at the cen­ter of con­tro­ver­sy on 14 June 2025, when French right-wing news plat­form Valeurs Actuelles report­ed that sev­er­al Euro­pean right-wing/­far-right par­ties had unit­ed to denounce the invi­ta­tion of FEMYSO to the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment for the Euro­pean Youth Event (EYE). The arti­cle high­light­ed con­cerns about FEMYSO’s alleged ties to the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood and its influ­ence with­in Euro­pean insti­tu­tions. The arti­cle begins:

Key Points:

• FEMYSO, described in the arti­cle as close to the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood, demon­strat­ed at the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment on June 14, 2025.

• The invi­ta­tion of FEMYSO to a major youth event in Stras­bourg sparked con­cerns by right-wing groups about Islamist influ­ence on EU institutions.

• In front of the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment, some 400 mem­bers of the Nation­al Youth Ral­ly (RNJ) demon­strat­ed their dis­ap­proval, and FEMYSO respond­ed by dis­play­ing a ban­ner inside Parliament.

• On May 27, an MEP and 33 right-wing col­leagues warned that FEMYSO’s pres­ence at EYE could expose youth to rad­i­cal Islam­ic influ­ence con­trary to Euro­pean values.

FEMYSO’s Influence on European Institutions: Muslim Brotherhood Connections and Political Impact

The GIOR has exten­sive­ly cov­ered FEMYSO’s influ­ence on Euro­pean insti­tu­tions, demon­strat­ed by its repeat­ed par­tic­i­pa­tion in events such as the annu­al Euro­pean Par­lia­ment Youth Event, and through con­fer­ences with EU politi­cians that expand its polit­i­cal reach. The organization’s pres­i­dent has pub­licly acknowl­edged Mem­bers of the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment for sup­port­ing FEMYSO-aligned posi­tions. FEMYSO’s inter­na­tion­al engage­ment includes meet­ings with Canada’s Spe­cial Rep­re­sen­ta­tive on Islam­o­pho­bia, fur­ther broad­en­ing its pro­file as an influ­ence actor. GIOR analy­ses have iden­ti­fied FEMYSO as part of a wider net­work of Mus­lim Broth­er­hood-affil­i­at­ed orga­ni­za­tions seek­ing to shape Euro­pean civ­il soci­ety and polit­i­cal dis­course, rais­ing con­cerns about ide­o­log­i­cal goals and oper­a­tional meth­ods. A recent French gov­ern­ment report revealed that Mus­lim Broth­er­hood-linked groups, includ­ing FEMYSO, sought to influ­ence EU insti­tu­tions through sig­nif­i­cant lob­by­ing, tar­get­ing the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment and pro­mot­ing a vision of reli­gious free­dom at odds with France’s sec­u­lar mod­el. Euro­pean par­lia­men­tary records high­light ongo­ing debates over the pres­ence of Broth­er­hood-linked actors in EU forums, with con­ser­v­a­tive and right-wing MEPs call­ing for cau­tion due to clash­es with Euro­pean val­ues and secu­ri­ty interests.

FEMYSO issued a state­ment strong­ly con­demn­ing the demon­stra­tions at EYE 2025, char­ac­ter­iz­ing them as part of a “sys­tem­at­ic cam­paign” of intim­i­da­tion aimed at exclud­ing Mus­lim youth from Euro­pean civic space and call­ing on EU insti­tu­tions to defend inclu­sion and demo­c­ra­t­ic participation.

Exter­nal References:

1. Mus­lim Broth­er­hood-linked groups tried to influ­ence EU: Report

2. The Euro­pean institution’s sup­port of Islamist asso­ci­a­tions in con­nec­tion with the Mus­lim Brotherhood

3. EU fund­ing to Mus­lim Broth­er­hood-aligned organisations

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