France Calls for Greater Checks on EU Funding to Fight Antisemitism, Islamism

France calls for greater checks on EU funding to fight antisemitism, Islamism

Brussels needs to act in the face of “an alarming increase of hate speech and hate crime,” Paris proposes.

Islamism and antisemitism: Paris will ask Brussels to “strengthen control” of funding

Paris – The French minister in charge of Europe, Benjamin Haddad, announced on Monday that he would ask Brussels to “strengthen control” over European funding so that it does not go to actors “linked to anti-Semitism or Islamism.” “It is unthinkable and unacceptable that even a single euro of European public money goes to finance organizations, associations, or actors that would be hostile to our values, whether they are linked to hatred, anti-S…

The French government is calling on the European Union to finance several organisations close to radical Islam. Paris proposes, among other things, to systematically verify the identity of grant recipients, as well as to strengthen the fight against anti-Semitism.