(Politico) France is pushing for more scrutiny on how EU grants are allocated in an attempt to fight antisemitism, hate speech and the funding of entities “obviously hostile to our common values.”
France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad also said he would ask Brussels “to reinforce the checks” on EU funding so money doesn’t go to operators “linked to antisemitism or Islamism.”
“It’s unthinkable and unacceptable that a single euro of European public money should finance organizations, associations and actors that are hostile to our values, linked to hatred, antisemitism or even Islamism,” Haddad said in Paris Monday.
Paris intends to present a proposal for discussion by the foreign ministers of EU member countries at the next General Affairs Council on May 27.
