Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.

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

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

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

There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism.

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

We still lack a global definition of terrorism.