Brussels, 21/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - European Internal Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said in a European Parliament plenary session debate on Thursday 21 January that measures to tackle terrorism had to be stepped up in 2016, particularly with regard to the financing of terrorism, after 150 people had been killed in terrorist attacks in the EU in 2015. “We have to face facts, the threat is very real”, he said.
The commissioner recalled the array of measures taken in 2015,...