Confidential UAE memo details plan to push France to act against Muslim Brotherhood

The United Arab Emirates has developed an ”action plan” intended to push French authorities into taking action against the Muslim Brotherhood and organisations with alleged ties to it, according to the investigative website Mediapart, which obtained the confidential memo.

Sent last August by the European directorate of the Emirati foreign ministry to the second-in-command at the UAE embassy in France, Ahmed al-Mulla, the 13-page document details a “multi-sectoral mobilisation strategy” to ”encourage French authorities to strengthen measures” against the organisation.

“The objective must be to encourage French authorities to reinforce measures - whether restrictions, designations, or tightened regulatory oversights of MB [Muslim Brotherhood]-linked entities - through channels that respect and align with France’s own domestic frameworks and political priorities,” the note says.

France is described as a “target country” and a fertile ground for influence operations against the Muslim Brotherhood, which is classified as a terrorist organisation by the UAE.