The U.S. State Department is offering funding of up to three million dollars to European groups aligned with the Maga movement that fight “censorship” and develop “civilizational ties” between the United States and the continent. Reported by the Financial Times.
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The Department published online on Monday, July 13, calls for grants ranging from 1 to 3 million dollars aimed at European civil society and non-governmental organizations, as well as educational institutions and for-profit groups intending to “address challenges related to national sovereignty, migration, censorship, and legal warfare in line with shared political philosophy, law, and our common heritage of Western civilization.”
From words to deeds
During President Donald Trump’s second term, U.S. officials accused the United Kingdom and the EU of stifling freedom of speech by trying to regulate online hate speech and attempting to neutralize expressions of national sovereignty. According to the newspaper, this funding represents one of the first steps of the Trump administration to turn its growing rhetoric against Europe into concrete policies, after struggling to produce tangible results.
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Earlier this year, the Financial Times reported that the State Department intended to repurpose an existing foreign aid fund to support think tanks and charitable organizations aligned with the Maga movement across Europe.
According to a State Department note, nearly 5 million dollars are available to support the project, which should be distributed among two or three beneficiaries. “Institutions and supranational governments are using state power to undermine the fundamental principles of democratic self-government through hate speech laws and overly broad and vague online content regulations that control and punish freedom of speech while suppressing political participation,” the note reads.
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