A recent investigation by German journalist Ferdinand Knaus, published in Cicero, examines how the Muslim Brotherhood promotes its Islamist agenda across Europe through political alliances, gradual infiltration of institutions and cooperation with leftist movements rather than overt violence. Knaus points to Berlin, where the SPD and the Greens are seeking cooperation with the Left Party, whose campaign included messages related to Gaza and calls for an intifada. He argues that such alliances risk giving more political influence to Islamist movements. The broader concerns extend to France, where a 2025 government report identified suspicion of the Muslim Brotherhood's strategy of building influence from the local level through schools, sports clubs, religious organizations and community associations. The issue also reached the European Parliament, which adopted a resolution from October 2026 calling for an EU-wide response to Islamist infiltration, a more comprehensive review of EU funding and an examination of organizations suspected of ties to Muslim Brotherhood networks. The Muslim Brotherhood is banned in countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt while it has received state support from Turkey and Qatar.

A recent investigation by German journalist Ferdinand Knaus, published in Cicero, examines how the Muslim Brotherhood promotes its Islamist agenda across Europe through political alliances, gradual infiltration of institutions and cooperation with leftist movements rather than overt violence. Knaus points to Berlin, where the SPD and the Greens are seeking cooperation with the Left Party, whose campaign included messages related to Gaza and calls for an intifada. He argues that such alliances risk giving more political influence to Islamist movements. The broader concerns extend to France, where a 2025 government report identified suspicion of the Muslim Brotherhood's strategy of building influence from the local level through schools, sports clubs, religious organizations and community associations. The issue also reached the European Parliament, which adopted a resolution from October 2026 calling for an EU-wide response to Islamist infiltration, a more comprehensive review of EU funding and an examination of organizations suspected of ties to Muslim Brotherhood networks. The Muslim Brotherhood is banned in countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt while it has received state support from Turkey and Qatar.