Macron Announces New Measures Against French Muslim Brotherhood “Entryism”

The Macron admin­is­tra­tion has unveiled com­pre­hen­sive finan­cial and admin­is­tra­tive mea­sures to com­bat Islamist infil­tra­tion fol­low­ing a meet­ing of the Nation­al Defense and Secu­ri­ty Coun­cil, which iden­ti­fied a “threat to nation­al cohe­sion.” On 7 July 2025, France 24 report­ed that Pres­i­dent Emmanuel Macron announced new sanc­tions tools tar­get­ing the devel­op­ment of Islamism “from below” by the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood orga­ni­za­tion, with leg­is­la­tion expect­ed by year-end to strength­en exist­ing counter-sep­a­ratism mea­sures. The arti­cle begins:

“More effec­tive obstruc­tion mea­sures”: Emmanuel Macron announced the cre­ation of new finan­cial and admin­is­tra­tive sanc­tions tools to bet­ter com­bat Islamist infil­tra­tion on Mon­day, July 7, fol­low­ing a meet­ing of the Nation­al Defense and Secu­ri­ty Coun­cil. Regard­ing the leg­isla­tive change that is required, the head of state called for a bill “by the end of the sum­mer” and “which would be applic­a­ble by the end of the year.” Emmanuel Macron, who want­ed to “put this “impor­tant sub­ject” into per­spec­tive after a first Defence Coun­cil on May 21, detailed sev­er­al mea­sures adopt­ed dur­ing this Defence Coun­cil con­vened after the pub­li­ca­tion, in May, of a report on the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood report­ing a “threat to nation­al cohe­sion” with the devel­op­ment of Islamism “from below”.

           Read more: https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20250707-nouveau-conseil-de‑d%C3%A9fense-sur-l-entrisme-des-fr%C3%A8res-musulmans

Key Points

• Macron announced new mea­sures to freeze mon­e­tary and finan­cial con­tri­bu­tions, expand­ing exist­ing ter­ror­ism-relat­ed finan­cial restric­tions to tar­get Broth­er­hood fund­ing networks
• Admin­is­tra­tive dis­so­lu­tion pow­ers will be expand­ed beyond legal enti­ties to include endow­ment funds, with judi­cial courts appoint­ing cura­tors for asset liquidation
• The Defense Coun­cil imposed dai­ly penal­ty pay­ments for asso­ci­a­tions that signed the Repub­li­can Com­mit­ment Con­tract but fail to com­ply with its terms
• New leg­is­la­tion tar­get­ing Mus­lim Broth­er­hood entrism is expect­ed by sum­mer’s end, with full imple­men­ta­tion planned before year-end, strength­en­ingthe  counter-sep­a­ratism framework

Global Muslim Brotherhood Operations and Influence in France

The Glob­al Mus­lim Broth­er­hood has estab­lished a sophis­ti­cat­ed oper­a­tional frame­work in France, includ­ing a net­work of 139 mosques, 280 asso­ci­a­tions, and 21 schools under the Fed­er­a­tion of Mus­lims of France (FMF), employ­ing what French intel­li­gence describes as “entry­ism” tac­tics to grad­u­al­ly influ­ence local insti­tu­tions and sec­u­lar gov­er­nance struc­tures. This strat­e­gy has gen­er­at­ed sig­nif­i­cant polit­i­cal con­tro­ver­sy, par­tic­u­lar­ly as far-right politi­cians face legal chal­lenges for their accu­sa­tions against Mus­lim orga­ni­za­tions, while cross-bor­der intel­li­gence assess­ments reveal that neigh­bor­ing coun­tries iden­ti­fy sim­i­lar pres­sure groups oper­at­ing through­out Europe.

The move­men­t’s influ­ence extends beyond France’s bor­ders, with Euro­pean youth orga­ni­za­tions fac­ing crit­i­cism for their Broth­er­hood con­nec­tions and active­ly chal­leng­ing French gov­ern­ment reports that doc­u­ment sys­tem­at­ic infil­tra­tion attempts. French Pres­i­dent Emmanuel Macron has respond­ed to offi­cial warn­ings about this threat by imple­ment­ing new finan­cial sanc­tions and asset-freez­ing mech­a­nisms. Mean­while, the Broth­er­hood’s polit­i­cal strat­e­gy has evolved to include coor­di­nat­ed inter­na­tion­al cam­paigns and lever­ag­ing pop­ulist polit­i­cal move­ments to advance its agen­da. The orga­ni­za­tion’s edu­ca­tion­al infra­struc­ture has faced par­tic­u­lar scruti­ny, with legal chal­lenges emerg­ing over state part­ner­ships and par­lia­men­tary ten­sions aris­ing from Broth­er­hood-linked orga­ni­za­tions’ involve­ment in offi­cial events, demon­strat­ing the move­men­t’s capac­i­ty to oper­ate with­in demo­c­ra­t­ic insti­tu­tions while pur­su­ing ide­o­log­i­cal transformation.

Exter­nal References:

1. Mus­lim Broth­er­hood’s influ­ence in France: What the con­tro­ver­sial report reveals

2. Gov­ern­ment-com­mis­sioned report says Mus­lim Broth­er­hood pos­ing threat to French values

3. Macron moves to shut down sus­pect­ed Mus­lim Broth­er­hood groups in France

4. French report warns of spread of Mus­lim Broth­er­hood ideology

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