Quotes by Gijs de Vries

About Gijs de Vries:

Gijs M. de Vries is a Dutch Democrats 66 (D66) politician. 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 (ESRIF).
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If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.

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If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin.

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The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

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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.

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The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.

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The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims.

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Our strategy should be to strengthen the hand of moderate Muslims.

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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.

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Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse.

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The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed.

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Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact.

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It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally.

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Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime.

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Author Bio

  • NameGijs de Vries
  • DescriptionDutch politician
  • BornFebruary 22, 1956
  • CountryNetherlands
  • ProfessionPolitician