From Paris to Tallahassee, the Brotherhood bans announced this year have not yet been executed

On 22 January the French National Assembly adopted, by 157 votes to 101, a resolution calling on the European Union to list the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation; the text cited the group’s ban in Jordan and restrictive measures in Egypt, Russia, the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Les Républicains leader Laurent Wauquiez called it “the beginning of the fight.” A resolution of this kind binds no one and instructs no ministry. On 18 March the Dutch House of Representatives approved a motion from Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom urging the government to ban the Brotherhood and affiliated organisations, arguing it works “through schools, mosques, social organizations, and political influence.” That reporting reaches The Files through JNS and The European Conservative, outlets with declared editorial positions on the subject. A motie instructs a government; it does not itself prohibit anything, and no implementation has surfaced in the 168 days since.

The American state-level track is further along and equally unexecuted. Governor Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s HB 1471 and HB 1473 in April, creating a “domestic terrorist organization” regime; on the day it took effect, 1 July, he said he would seek designations for CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, foreign cartels, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and the antifa movement. On 13 July the state asked a federal court for more time, saying the Florida Department of Law Enforcement intends first to issue implementing regulations. The filing was explicit: “No designation will be made before the regulations are finalized.” CAIR and CAIR-Florida, represented by the ACLU, the ACLU of Florida and the Southern Poverty Law Center, are pursuing two separate federal suits — one against December’s Executive Order 25-244, one against the new statutory regime.

Assessment: The pattern across three jurisdictions is announcement outrunning execution, and the coverage has largely followed the announcement. That matters in both directions. For the organisations named, the reputational and contractual damage begins at the press conference, whether or not a designation is ever signed. For the governments, an unexecuted vote is cheap: it satisfies a coalition partner without incurring the diplomatic and evidentiary costs of a real proscription. The tell to watch is Florida’s rulemaking notice. A Northern District of Florida ruling on whether a US state may designate a domestic advocacy group will be read closely in The Hague and Paris, and cited by both sides.