The Muslim Brotherhood in France (13)

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to see a new law passed by the end of this year aimed at stopping the spread of the Muslim Brotherhood in France. This follows on the heels of a French government-commissioned report that warned that the Brotherhood was a threat to national cohesion in France. As previously reported, that report was leaked to the French press.

The below article from France Bleu is translated by Fousesquawk. This is the latest in our series of translations of original European articles on the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and the 13th such translation on France.

Emmanuel Macron announces a bill against Islamic "entryism before the end of the year".

Caption: Emmanuel Macron leaving the Council of Ministers on July 2, 2025.

On Monday, Emmanuel Macron announced that a bill aimed at Islamic "entryism", particularly by the Muslim Brotherhood, will be presented before the end of the year. The head of State wants to complement the 2021 law  against separatism, "strengthening the principles of the Republic."

On Monday, Emmanuel Macron announced that a bill aimed at Islamic "entryism", particularly by the Muslim Brotherhood, would be applicable "before the end of the year", and thus, ready before the end of the summer. The President spoke to various media outlets, including Franceinfo, after a new Council of Defense (meeting) on the topic, following an initial meeting at the end of May, judged to be unsatisfactory by the head of State.

Sensitize public awareness

With this bill, the head of State wishes to complement the 2021 law against separatism, "strengthening the principles of the Republic". Specifically, the text will propose technical measures to prevent the Muslim Brotherhood from expanding its reach in society, with the possibility of dissolving donation funds that finance it and the seizure of assets of associations that act on its behalf.

The President also wants better control over the signature of the Republican Engagement Contract, which, since 2021, associations must sign to be able to receive public subsidies. "We want to sensitize public opinion," Emmanuel Macron told Francinfo, particularly within the perspective of the 2026 municipal (elections).

Emmanuel Macron had asked the government for "new propositions" by Monday after the leaks in the press of a report commissioned on the topic during the first Council of Defense at the end of May. The report noted a "threat to national cohesion", with the development of an Islamism "from below" on the part of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, born in 1928 in Egypt and banned in several countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan.