JUST IN: European Nation Follows Trump, Votes To Designate Antifa As A Terrorist Organization

Just under 24 hours after President Donald Trump moved to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization, a key NATO and European Union partner voted to do the same.

On September 18, 2025, the Dutch parliament adopted a motion from opposition leader Geert Wilders calling on the government to classify Antifa as a terrorist organization. Wilders’ motion accused cells belonging to the international far-left group in the Netherlands of threatening politicians, disrupting public events, and intimidating students and journalists.

With the motion adopted, the Dutch executive government will now be forced to formally respond and decide whether to adopt it. If adopted, law enforcement could be granted expanded powers to prosecute members and monitor Antifa cells.

Much like their operations in the U.S., Antifa has several active chapters in Europe, particularly in Western Europe’s most populous cities. The groups are largely decentralized on a national or international level, though they still operate individual chapters with identical flags, similar uniforms and collaboration with other cells.

The vote comes after President Donald Trump on Wednesday formally moved to designate the group as a terrorist organization in the United States.

Short for “antifascist,” the black-bloc group operates hundreds of chapters across the United States. Supporters claim that there is no uniform Antifa organization, though localized groups fly the same flag, dress similarly and participate in similar operations.

The group is most infamous for their activities in the Pacific Northwest, where dozens members in cities like Portland and Seattle have been arrested for acts of political violence. Dozens of Antifa members were charged for setting fire to federal buildings in downtown Portland during the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020, the murder of a Trump supporter by a self-identified Antifa member in August of that year, and numerous acts of arson during the peak of unrest in 2020 and 2021.

Antifa members also played a prominent role in the “CHAZ” autonomous zone set up in Seattle during the height of the George Floyd riots, which led to two deaths and a number of additional shootings. Local Antifa and members of other far-left groups patrolled the area with weapons as they claimed to act as the zone’s “security forces.”

Much of the group’s violent activities and tactics have been extensively covered by veteran reporter Andy Ngo, who suffered a brain bleed when he was brutally beaten by Antifa militants in Portland in 2019.

Antifa cells have also been implicated in a number of violent attacks in Europe over the last several years, including a high-profile incident in which around 150 members attacked police with projectiles and attempted to storm the first European Remigration Summit in Milan, Italy this past May.

In 2023, a  group of 15 German and Italian Antifa members used hammers and metal pipes to carry out six separate assaults on civilians they deemed “enemies,” targeting individuals in surprise attacks. Those attacks took place in Budapest, Hungary, while a similar series of assaults took place in Leipzig, Germany in 2023. Antifa and related far-left groups have been involved in several additional clashes with police in France, Germany, Italy, and elsewhere, including the Netherlands.