A German civic group has asked the European Parliament to seek a formal investigation into whether the European Green Party (EGP) respects the European Union’s founding values.
Zivile Allianz, a Berlin-based association that publishes the news site Freie Welt, said on September 22 it had submitted a request signed by 50 EU citizens to Parliament President Roberta Metsola. It accuses the EGP of tolerating anti-Semitic rhetoric and conduct among its member parties in Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands.
The group wants MEPs to refer the case to the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations (APPF), which registers pan-European parties. It cited Article 13 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 and Rule 241 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, which allow citizens to request such a check.
Under the regulation, European parties must respect the values set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and ensure their national members do the same. A manifest and serious breach can lead to removal from the register, which is a condition for EU funding.
The dossier lists alleged anti-Jewish conspiracy theories, Holocaust inversion and comparisons between Israelis and Nazis. It also accuses party figures of legitimising violence against civilians.
A large share of the records concerns comments by third parties on the social media pages of German Green politicians, among them Bundestag Vice-President Omid Nouripour and MEP Hannah Neumann. The complainants said the account holders failed to remove posts that praised Adolf Hitler, blamed Jews collectively for conflict in the Middle East or described Israelis as monsters.
Other cases include remarks by former Green Youth co-leader Jette Nietzard, who in June 2025 described the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023 as military operations. She later raised the prospect of armed resistance to a possible government involving Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Swedish cases include a like by Märta Stenevi, then co-spokesperson of the Green Party (Miljöpartiet), on a post containing organ-harvesting allegations. Dutch records relate mainly to GroenLinks and its youth wing DWARS.
According to the dossier, GroenLinks merged with the Labour Party into a new party, PRO, in June 2026 and its European affiliation was still being decided. The document said no case-specific public response from the EGP had been found as of September 15.
“Human dignity and the protection of Jewish life demand action, not another mere declaration,” Zivile Allianz said.
The dossier itself concedes that many of the links remain conditional. It acknowledges some statements came from ordinary members or outside commenters whose ties to the national parties would need to be established.
The request follows allegations in April that activists in the UK’s Green Party had shared anti-Semitic messages online.
