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Gijs de Vries
Dutch
Politician
Born:
Feb 22
,
1956
Information
National
People
Terrorism
World
You
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In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.
Gijs de Vries
Work
Intelligence
Share
Limits
Essential
Confidentiality
Information
Amount
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.
Gijs de Vries
Justice
Interior
Picture
Our
Ministers
Threat
Only
Outside
Also
Within
Foreign
Integrated
Provided
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.
Gijs de Vries
Rights
Conflict
Hide
Military
Human Rights
Strife
Easier
Bad
Find
Civil
Lawlessness
Attacks
Terrorists
Governance
Train
Situations
Human
Prepare
Violations
You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services.
Gijs de Vries
You
Heart
Intelligence
National
Security
Than
Get
National Security
National Sovereignty
Closer
Sovereignty
Services
Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime.
Gijs de Vries
War
Ought
Circumstances
Civilians
Indiscriminate
Attacks
Illegal
Peacetime
We remain vulnerable. There is no such thing as 100 percent security against terrorism.
Gijs de Vries
Terrorism
Security
Percent
Remain
Vulnerable
Against
Thing
Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions.
Gijs de Vries
Important
Trigger
Objective
Arguably
Failed
Most
Terrorists
Revolutions
Al
Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact.
Gijs de Vries
Strength
Conflict
Draw
Muslims
Trigger
Fact
Failed
Between
Mass
Terrorists
Should
Europe
Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny.
Gijs de Vries
Freedom
Democracy
Fear
Tyranny
Stronger
Ultimately
Than
The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.
Gijs de Vries
Has-Been
Border
Borders
More
Forces
Been
Agency
Created
Help
Europe
European
Warsaw
Cooperate
There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism.
Gijs de Vries
Terrorism
People
World
Poverty
Few
Only
Between
Links
Automatic
Poor
Turn
Poor People
Among
Millions
The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.
Gijs de Vries
World
Overwhelming
Muslims
Majority
Represent
Radicals
Violent
If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin.
Gijs de Vries
You
Protection
Sides
Those
Must
Data
Exchange
Same
Information
Internationally
Strengthen
Two
Coin
The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.
Gijs de Vries
Terrorism
Fight
National
Role
Authorities
Central
Against
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.
Gijs de Vries
Several
States
Sectors
Member
Attacks
Could
Simultaneously
Particularly
Terrorist
Were
Happen
Which
Series
Disrupted
The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.
Gijs de Vries
Democracy
Terrorism
World
Islam
Strategy
Believe
Muslims
Majority
Legitimate
Incompatible
Our strategy should be to strengthen the hand of moderate Muslims.
Gijs de Vries
Strategy
Our
Muslims
Hand
Moderate
Should
Strengthen
Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse.
Gijs de Vries
Muslim
Diverse
Tend
Quite
Low
Organisation
Organisations
Communities
Europe
Level
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