Editing Soka Gakkai (section)

====International perception====
Soka Gakkai was listed as one of the 173 cults by a report, which was published by the parliamentary commission in France in 1995. Like the other groups identified as a cult on the list, Soka Gakkai was not banned in the country by this identification. In May 2005, [[Jean-Pierre Raffarin]] made a notice telling the list be no longer used.<ref>{{Cite web |title=France |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2005/51552.htm |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=U.S. Department of State}}</ref>

In 2015, Italian prime minister [[Matteo Renzi]] signed an agreement that recognizes the Soka Gakkai as a "Concordat" that grants the religions status in "a special 'club' of denominations consulted by the government in certain occasions, and, perhaps more importantly, to be partially financed by taxpayers' money." Eleven other religious denominations share this status.<ref name = berkley>{{cite web | url = http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/religion-in-the-italian-constitution | title = Religion in the Italian Constitution | publisher = Georgetown University | access-date = 10 August 2015 | archive-date = 26 November 2016 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20161126191359/http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/religion-in-the-italian-constitution }}</ref><ref name = italy>{{cite web | url =  http://www.governo.it/Presidenza/USRI/confessioni/intese_indice.html | title = Istituto Buddista Italiano Soka Gakkai | publisher = Governo Italiano | access-date = 14 August 2015}}</ref>