(Yahoo Finance) The European Parliament is under pressure to scrap part of its new election campaign after being accused of “pandering” to anti-Muslim extremists by a British politician.
Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim made the claim after campaigners said a new promotional banner on display at the parliament in Brussels is [Islamophobic].
He has now demanded that parliament president Antonio Tajani have the banner removed.
The parliament is spending more than £29m on its communications campaign for next May’s elections in a bid to boost participation after a record low turnout of 42% in 2014.
It kicked-off the “this time I’m voting” campaign by installing giant banners with its main campaign messages at the entrance to its Brussels site earlier this month.
