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

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

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

We remain vulnerable.There is no such thing as 100 percent security against terrorism.

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

I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops.

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.