The European Union has introduced a new survey for children as young as eight, asking them to declare their gender and sexual identity—a move parental groups warn is part of Brussels’ expanding effort to shape children’s views on gender and family.
The questionnaire—published on an official EU website—asks minors to provide their first and last names before selecting their gender from four options: “boy, girl, I don’t want to say, other.” It also includes questions about mental health and whether the child identifies as part of the “LGBTIQ+” community.
Magdalena Czarnik of the Parents Protecting Children Association warned that this initiative marks a new phase of a broader EU-driven ideological campaign
“Our children are told they can choose male or female, they can refuse to answer, but they can also choose another gender. This is the first step in blurring basic concepts,” she said.
The EU defends the survey by claiming it forms part of its “European Child Guarantee,” a program it says is designed to ensure that children receive educational and social support. But parental groups argue that the questions are inappropriate for minors and involve highly sensitive personal data.
Czarnik also highlighted the involvement of EU-funded organisations such as ILGA Europe, which receives around 70% of its budget from the European Commission. She said such groups are driving a top-down agenda during a period of demographic decline, warning that promoting gender politics among minors is “depopulating” and undermines the social role of the family.
“These are not grassroots initiatives by poor, oppressed homosexuals. This is a grand agenda financed by the world’s power elites,” she said. The controversy comes shortly after the European Court of Justice ruled that Poland must recognise foreign same-sex marriages, despite national law prohibiting them. Former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki condemned the ruling as a “blatant attack” on Poland’s family law and urged Brussels to keep “hands off our children”.
