Member states across Europe were on high alert after it emerged that the UK authorities had rounded up several people suspected of being within days of blowing up a series of transatlantic planes with liquid explosives.
The European Commission said that the foiled plans emphasized the need for a more "concerted" European effort to fight terrorism.
"[The] events show once more that terrorism is a continuous and global threat in Europe and in other parts of the world, which calls fo...
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