- summary
- A report on 'the Muslim Brotherhood and political Islamism' commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron and presented to the Defence Council at the end of May 2025 labelled several Muslim CSOs — including CCIE, FEMYSO and Étudiants musulmans de France, members of the European Network Against Racism — as part of a so-called 'Muslim Brotherhood structure'. Macron announced measures based on it; minority rights groups warned of further dissolutions, funding cuts and restrictions on association and expression.
- country
- France
- date text
- 05/2025
- entities
- President Emmanuel Macron (commissioned); Interior Ministry; Defence Council
- entity type
- Senior Official
- id
- 1189
- name
- President Emmanuel Macron (commissioned); Interior Ministry; Defence Council
- role
- actor
- Muslim CSOs incl. the Collective for Countering Islamophobia in Europe (CCIE), FEMYSO and Étudiants musulmans de France
- entity type
- CSO
- id
- 1190
- name
- Muslim CSOs incl. the Collective for Countering Islamophobia in Europe (CCIE), FEMYSO and Étudiants musulmans de France
- role
- target
- President Emmanuel Macron (commissioned); Interior Ministry; Defence Council
- sources
- tactics
- CSO Legitimacy and Mandate Attack
- label
- CSO Legitimacy and Mandate Attack
- code
- TC-40
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- Narrative-to-Institutional Operationalization
- label
- Narrative-to-Institutional Operationalization
- code
- TC-17
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- CSO Legitimacy and Mandate Attack
- channels
- Government report presented to the Defence Council and published by the Interior Ministry
- consequence category
- Social Trust Erosion
- created at
- 2026-09-25T12:58:54.614772+00:00
- date precision
- month
- escalation
- 3
- harm track
- Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion
- id
- FRA-002
- institutional consequence
- Narrative damage; Announced measures; Chilling effect
- notes
- Coded Sep 25 2026 from Civic Space Watch (CIVICUS rating: obstructed).
- occurred on
- 2025-05-01
- trigger type
- TR-08: Proactive / Ambient
- updated at
- 2026-09-25T12:58:54.614772+00:00
- version
- 1
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