Gijs de Vries

You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services. ”

In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential. ”

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities. ”

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

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

Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

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