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“Paris, France, Europe and the whole democratic world is again attacked by terrorists. Obscurantism and violence cannot prevail. We must stand united with our brothers and sisters in the City of Light to protect our Freedom, our principles and our way of life” stressed Pietro De Matteis and Georgios Kostakos, President and vice-President of the European Federalist Party.
We mourn the dead and offer our prayers for the full recovery of those injured. Paris and France are not alone in coping with this horrific attack, which is an attack on the whole of Europe.
It is crucial that EU Heads of State and Government significantly intensify cooperation in the field of intelligence sharing in order to identify and deal with potential terrorists effectively, preventing similar events from happening again in the future, in any part of Europe. These terrorist networks are in fact cross-border as proved by the recent attacks and only a European solution can fight them effectively.
Targeted social integration programmes must be urgently put in place in order to deal with the root causes of alienation and social exclusion, which can provide fertile ground for extremist movements.
We also strongly encourage representatives of religious communities to unequivocally condemn these terrorist actions and share the responsibility of preventing them by putting in place an early-warning system to identify individuals at risk of radicalisation throughout Europe.
We demand that an enhanced European border management system, as well as a “European FBI” be put in place in order to ensure that security and mobility within the European Union can both be safeguarded.
Finally, we demand that the necessary foreign policy and defence measures are put in place in order to dismantle the so-called “Islamic State”.
About the European Federalist Party
The European Federalist Party (EFP) is the only, truly pan-European political party campaigning for a more democratic and federal Europe. The EFP was founded in 2011 by citizens from all over Europe and has since developed into a cross-border movement that ran for the last European Parliament elections in six countries defending the same pan-European programme voted by its members at the 2013 EFP Federal Convention. The EFP contributed to the introduction of several pieces of European legislation including the European Citizens’ Initiative and the EU roaming regulation.
