Gijs de Vries
Gijs de Vries
Gijs M. de Vriesis a Dutch Democrats 66politician. He was deputy Interior Minister between 1998 and 2002, and was the European Union's anti-terrorism co-ordinator from 25 March 2004 to March 2007. As of September 2008, he was the chairman of the European Security Research and Innovation Forum...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 February 1956
people world links
There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism.
fighting agency police
In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.
europe community levels
Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse.
important force moderates
It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally.
data two-sides coins
If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin.
information share combat
If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.
believe democracy islam
The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.
terrorism vulnerable percent
We remain vulnerable.There is no such thing as 100 percent security against terrorism.
fighting roles terrorism
The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.
stronger democracy tyranny
Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny.
definitions terrorism stills
We still lack a global definition of terrorism.
people police doe
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.
europe agency borders
The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.
important als revolution
Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions.