{"id":"FRA-004","notes":"Coded Sep 25 2026 from Civic Space Watch (CIVICUS rating: obstructed). Parallels DEU-001 and BGR-002: parliamentary inquiries into CSO funding.","country":"France","sources":[{"url":"https://civicspacewatch.eu/alert/france-increased-parliamentary-scrutiny-on-funding-of-migrants-rights-organisations/","citation":"https://civicspacewatch.eu/alert/france-increased-parliamentary-scrutiny-on-funding-of-migrants-rights-organisations/"},{"url":"https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/organes/commissions-permanentes/lois/missions-d-information-de-la-commission-des-lois/mi-associations-aide-migrants","citation":"https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/organes/commissions-permanentes/lois/missions-d-information-de-la-commission-des-lois/mi-associations-aide-migrants"}],"summary":"In December 2025 the National Assembly's Law Committee set up a fact-finding mission on the use of public funding by associations working with and defending migrants, driven notably by the far right (rapporteurs Sophie Ricourt Vaginay, UDR, and Éric Martineau, Les Démocrates). In May 2026 migrants'-rights CSOs reported receiving questionnaires on their funding and compliance. The mission ends with a non-binding report, but the process itself imposes bureaucratic pressure and stigma and may shape future funding rules.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-05","role":"primary","label":"Financial Transparency Attack","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-17","role":"secondary","label":"Narrative-to-Institutional Operationalization","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Parliamentary fact-finding mission and questionnaires"],"entities":[{"id":1193,"name":"National Assembly Law Committee (far-right UDR rapporteur)","role":"actor","entity_type":"Parliament"},{"id":1194,"name":"Associations providing legal assistance and support to asylum seekers and refugees","role":"target","entity_type":"Sector"}],"date_text":"12/2025","created_at":"2026-09-25T12:58:55.250149+00:00","escalation":3,"harm_track":"Both","narratives":[{"code":"NF-02","role":"primary","label":"Financial Corruption / Grant Abuse","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-25T12:58:55.250149+00:00","occurred_on":"2025-12-01","campaign_ids":[],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-08: Proactive / Ambient","campaign_phase":"","civic_response":"","date_precision":"month","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Legal/Administrative + Social Trust Erosion","institutional_consequence":"Parliamentary scrutiny of funding; Administrative burden; Stigmatisation"}