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'The main priority must be strong action against Islamism on the continent' (Photo: FreedomHouse2)

EU needs politically proactive solution to Islamism

In the following days, Western society will engage in a discussion on how to respond to the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris and were carried out by the jihadists of the Islamic State (ISIS).

The right course of action is not the deployment of ground troops against ISIS, but unswerving political pressure on Islamist ideology in Europe.

The attacks in Paris were, among other things, a retaliation by ISIS against the French bombings in the Middle East. However, France and...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

'The main priority must be strong action against Islamism on the continent' (Photo: FreedomHouse2)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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