• points out that the European Union has no strategy for combatting terrorism that differs from the war on terror; reaffirms that it "should be firmly based on the unconditional respect of human rights and of the principles underlying states governed by the rule of law";

• points out that the European Union is lacking a clear definition of terrorism; state terrorism is not included neither the differentiation between terrrorists and political movements;

• notes that the report does not address the root causes of terrorism which are mainly economic and social ones;

• notes that the current strategy to fight terrorism has worsened the international security situation; Iraq and Afghanistan are two examples;

• notices with regret that in the course of the current fight against terrorism - in particular "the war on terror" - war has been rehabilitated as a means of international politics which threatens our civilisation and democratic achievements;

• Criticises that the current strategy to fight terrorism is accelerating the militarization of internal and external affairs of the EU in the expense of human rights;

• Demands an end of the "war on terror" and the establishment of the full respect of human rights.


Tobias PFLÜGER, Jaromir KOHLICEK, André BRIE, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES, Adamos ADAMOU