Brussels, 21/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission allocated EUR 7 million for anti-terrorism projects: 5.4 million for preparing the future European critical infrastructure protection programme and alarms systems and coordination in major crises; almost 1 million for studies and a terrorism experts' network; almost 1 million for public debates and the private sector.
The Commission also adopted a communication on radicalisation. In this contribution that is quite general on the subject and which is expected to be the subject for a European Council strategy for adoption in December, the Commission mentioned the role of the media and the internet and the importance of education and dialogue between the religions. It is also planning a debate on the role of the media in relation with radicalisation, a debate to be funded out of the EUR 7 million. The Commission explained in the introduction that although the “main threat currently came from terrorism due to an abusive interpretation of Islam”, it was also addressing other forms of extremism