Emmanuel Macron has dashed any hopes that an official French government report on the threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood will finally prompt action against efforts to impose a ‘Muslim identity’ and to normalise Islamic social norms.
The president is said to have been angry that the report was publicised at all, and has since worked to downplay its findings.
Le Figaroquotes Macron as saying that while Muslim Brotherhood infiltration has been identified in “some neighbourhoods,”
We shouldn’t think that they are everywhere, because that can lead to conspiracy theories or paranoia.
Among the report’s findings was that 815 active Quranic schools currently host around 66,000 minors, and that one-third of these institutions are affiliated with fundamentalist branches.
Macron’s comments are not a million miles away from those of leftist politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who said the report was “Islamophobic” and filled with “conspiracy theories.”
⚠️French intelligence services are finally sounding the alarm over the insidious advance of the Muslim Brotherhood.
📍More than 4,200 students are currently enrolled in 21 schools connected to this network.
— The European Conservative (@EuroConOfficial) May 22, 2025
Officials in Stockholm have taken a radically different approach to the report, setting up an investigation of their own into Islamist infiltration and accepting that Sweden, like France, faces challenges “regarding integration and countering parallel societal structures that challenge liberal democracy.”
Responding to Macron’s dismissal, French commentator Kevin Bossuet said he cannot trust the president “to fight Islamism.”
He knew about the Muslim Brotherhood report for months and did nothing. Moreover, his failure to fully support Israel demonstrates his cowardice in the face of Islamist terrorism.
MEP Guillaume Peltier also questioned whether Macron’s position was inspired by his support from the Muslim Brotherhood at recent elections.
Qui se souvient que les islamistes Frères musulmans avaient appellé à voter Emmanuel Macron en 2017 et 2022 ?
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
