 Abgrall has also influenced former communist countries through the dissemination of official governmental reports from France and Belgium that he helped produce.In 1996, the French government set up an Observatory body to investigate cults and sects, the Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France.Abgrall was a "key actor" in these investigations, preparing official reports in France and Belgium, and was an active anti-cult movement spokesperson in the European media, in particular television.