Gijs de Vries

Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny. ”

I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism. ”

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. ”

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims. ”

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

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. ”

We still lack a global definition of terrorism. ”

If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk. ”

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

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