(National-UAE) France and Austria are to team up against European funding for Islamist extremist groups.
Benjamin Haddad, the French junior minister for Europe, met Claudia Plakolm, Austria’s minister for Europe, on Monday to forge a common position.
Ms Plakolm used a post on X to call for concrete action against hatred and agitation at European level in the fight against extremism.
Mr Haddad told the newspaper Le Figaro that the governments would expose organisations “close to radical Islam” that have benefitted from European funding.
The document will be presented for adoption across the EU at a meeting next week. It calls for safeguards against European agencies providing funding for groups and people “hostile to European values.”
