Overview
- LFI filed an Article 40 referral on December 5 alleging possible links between the UAE and two Écran de veille journalists who commissioned the Ifop survey on Islam.
- Atmane Tazaghart, Écran de veille’s founder, rejected any foreign financing and said the study was paid for with the magazine’s revenues.
- During a December 6 hearing, Jean‑Luc Mélenchon said LFI will never accept religious entryism and argued that intelligence officials heard by the commission did not establish links between LFI and Islamists.
- The commission has been criticized for a bureau with no left‑wing deputies and is expected to deliver its report in the coming days.
- Ifop lodged a complaint on November 24 against LFI deputies Paul Vannier and Bastien Lachaud for denigrating the survey, which LFI says fueled harmful conflations and was followed by reported anti‑Muslim incidents.