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EU counter-terrorism chief: Understanding of radicalisation has changed

20 June 2016

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"He was speaking on Thursday at an event in the Committee of the Regions in Brussels on efforts to tackle radicalisation.

De Kerchove said that understanding of radicalisation and what drives young Muslims to join groups like Isis has changed.

He said, "In the past, we thought it was a long process and that radicalisation couldn't take place simply online, but now we are seeing teenagers being radicalised on the internet and leaving for Syria after just 15 days."

In a speech, he emphasised the role of criminality in the process, saying, "If we look at the perpetrators of Paris and Brussels, most of them have a criminal past."

He also said that, "perhaps the most interesting part of the Commission's [recent] communications" is that "we need to mainstream counter-violence extremism in many policies, not to be driven by it.""

See: EU counter-terrorism chief: Understanding of radicalisation has changed (The Parliament, link)

See also: Committee of the Regions press release: Policing alone will not stop terrorists, Europe's cities say (CoR, link): "The political leaders of the European Union's cities and regions have called for greater investment in policies to prevent radicalisation, as well as urging local, national and European authorities to "beef up" border controls and target areas where "various forms of organised crime are rife"."

And: DRAFT OPINION: Combatting radicalisation and violent extremism: prevention mechanisms at local and regional level (pdf)

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