Europe urgently needs to work out a common approach to the training of imams and to share best practices on the ways to counter religious radicalization after the recent series of terror attacks in France and Austria, participants of the online event "Combating Religious Extremism and Terrorism in Europe What Next?" on Friday believe

Lapses in detecting would-be terrorists like the Nice attacker are caused by the flaws in the migration policy and not in the work of the intelligence and security services, Marco Lombardi, director of the Italian Team for Security, Terroristic Issues and Managing Emergencies (ITSTIME), told Sputnik in an interview

Lack of cohesion within the European Union at the level of intelligence increases the bloc's vulnerability in the face of terrorism, Marco Lombardi, director of the Italian Team for Security, Terroristic Issues and Managing Emergencies (ITSTIME), told Sputnik in an interview

The principle of free movement within the Schengen area should be re-discussed in order to introduce a restricted mode for emergency situations, like those related to the pandemic or terrorism, Marco Lombardi, the director of the Italian Team for Security Terroristic Issues and Managing Emergencies (ITSTIME), told Sputnik in an interview

Renunciation by states of control over the internet creates a highly dangerous situation when it is in the hands of private companies and no guarantees against radicalization online exist, Marco Lombardi, director of the Italian Team for Security Terroristic Issues and Managing Emergencies (ITSTIME) and codirector of the National Observatory on Radicalization and Counter Terrorism (ReaCT), told Sputnik in an interview

The creation of the EU Security Union would help fight terrorism in the region, Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok said on Monday, in the wake of brutal terrorist attacks in France and Austria