18 June 2025

Brussels Tightens Control Over Parties With New ‘EU Values’ Rule

If parties refuse to endorse the Left-wing, authoritarian, and insane ideas of the European Union, they will now lose funding from the EU.

From The European Conservative

By Javier Villamor

What the “values of the European Union” really are is anyone’s guess.

The EU has quietly passed a rule that forces political parties to pledge allegiance to its “values” or lose funding.

Under a deal struck on Tuesday, June 17, between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, political parties and foundations must now formally endorse the bloc’s supposed “values” to receive financial support. While Brussels presents this as a step forward in transparency and safeguarding against foreign interference, it imposes an ideological filter on who can participate in the EU’s political life.

What the “values of the European Union” really are is anyone’s guess. This requirement extends to all member parties, including those outside the EU. This means that winning elections is no longer enough to gain a voice in Brussels—it is now also mandatory to pledge loyalty to a set of principles arbitrarily defined by the EU elite; principles that reflect the latest progressive orthodoxy rather than Europe’s historical values.

It is telling that this measure was approved at a time when conservative and sovereigntist forces are gaining ground in the European Parliament. For years, while the Left dominated European and American institutions, there was little concern over the influence of foreign actors such as USAID, private foundations, or global progressive networks. Now that the balance is shifting, Brussels is entrenching itself, protecting itself with rules and red tape that make real political alternatives almost impossible.

The paradox is stark: while the EU condemns political transparency laws passed by countries like Georgia, Hungary, or El Salvador as “undemocratic,” it now enforces even stricter measures at home. The same EU that threatens sanctions against governments for regulating foreign funding is now doing precisely that—but under the banner of “common values.”

This double standard reveals a troubling trend: the so-called defense of democracy is being used to fortify a power structure that no longer tolerates genuine opposition. Citizens’ will is subordinated to the enforcement of doctrines that were never put to a vote, and that marginalize anyone unwilling to abandon national sovereignty, cultural identity, or Europe’s Christian heritage.

Far from opening the Union to a diversity of voices, the new regulation reduces it to an ideological club. Winning elections is no longer enough; one must also think like Brussels. Anything else becomes heresy, a foreign threat, a justification for exclusion. What remains is an increasingly conditional, monitored, and selective democracy.

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