14/10/2026
Last week, the European Parliament adopted a resolution that treats Muslim civil society, and the anti-racism organisations that stand with it, as a security threat. Presented as a strategy against “Islamist entryism”, the text accuses organisations such as the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), FEMYSO and Islamic Relief of links to the Muslim Brotherhood, which they reject. It calls for a review of the EU funding these organisations receive. It also urges member states to share information to assess whether Brotherhood-linked organisations meet the criteria for terrorist designation. The resolution casts suspicion on people and organisations because of their perceived religion or origin, and presents diversity and anti-discrimination work as a cover for political Islam. ENAR condemned the text as racist. Nine civil society organisations warned in a joint statement that it risks contributing to the criminalisation of millions of people in Europe on exactly that basis.
The text was tabled by the EPP. It passed with the votes of the three far-right groups (ECR, Patriots for Europe and ESN) and most of Renew. The S&D, the Greens/EFA and The Left voted against.
This is the pattern The Good Lobby’s EU Far-Right Tracker has documented since we launched it in November 2025. Only three weeks earlier, on Ceuta, the EPP voted with the far right, again. Before that came the Return Regulation, passed with the same alliance. We have recorded more than 20 such votes since 2024.
This attack on civil society follows the creation of the Parliament’s NGO scrutiny working group, which was also made possible by the EPP joining forces with the far right.
None of this is accidental. As we argued after the Patriots’ chief whip confirmed the coordination, and when WhatsApp exchanges between EPP staff and far-right parties came to light, this is vote-counting and mutual dependency. We have been showing that it keeps happening and warned about where this was heading back in the first months of this mandate.
The firewall against the far right is gone, and the people paying for it are increasingly civil society organisations, racialised communities and migrants.
The resolution is now the latest entry in the EU Far-Right Tracker. We will keep updating it every time it happens.