The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims. |
We remain vulnerable. There is no such thing as 100 percent security against terrorism. |
There is a series of sectors which could be severely disrupted by terrorist attacks, particularly if they were to happen in several member states simultaneously. |
If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin. |
There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism. |
Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact. |
The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims. |
We have an integrated picture of the threat from outside and from within that is provided not only to our foreign ministers but also to our justice and interior ministers. |
Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone to the polls and have rejected the appeal from Bin Laden and his allies to stay at home. |
Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential. |
In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks. |
Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime. |
If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally. |