Parliament Calls for Ending EU Funds to Islamism
13th May 2023
After years of campaigning from the Right, the European Parliament finally approved a resolution to call on the Commission to end funding for Islamist organizations and campaigns that glorify the hijab, the Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (ECR) tweeted on Wednesday, May 10th.
“We have done our part and got the majority in the European Parliament,” Weimers wrote, adding that “it is time for the government to use the Swedish presidency to bring the issue to fruition,” referring to Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer’s earlier promise to deliver “concrete results.”
The campaign for ending EU funds for Islamist organizations—originally at the initiative of the Sweden Democrats (SD)—has been ongoing since 2019. At first, the Commission was in complete denial of any such funds being disbursed, calling for the MEPs from the SD to prove their allegations.