The EU Commissioner for Home Affairs warns of an increased risk of attacks in Europe. Ylva Johansson speaks of a “huge risk” given the situation in the Middle East. Germany now wants to revise its citizenship law – and make entry more difficult for anti-Semites.
In view of the war between Israel and the militant Palestinian organization Hamas, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson has warned of an increased threat of terrorism in Europe. “There is a huge risk of a greater terrorist threat in Europe, linked to the situation in the Middle East,” she told several European newspapers on Wednesday.
There are already threats in the country
She sees the biggest risk as “that people who are already here, who have already been radicalized, can commit attacks.”
According to the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, the Home Affairs Commissioner referred to a number of Commission initiatives and tightening laws that could now be used. The Commission provides guidelines and financial support to better protect religious sites and public spaces.
Johansson also called for better data sharing between police authorities and referred to the EU regulation on combating terrorist content online. The regulation obliges network operators to remove terrorist content within one hour if they receive an order to that effect from a national authority. According to Johansson, the instrument is only used by states “as a last resort”.
Germany wants to make access to passports more difficult
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser stressed on Wednesday that the Ampel government’s planned new citizenship law will not allow people with anti-Semitic activities to be naturalized. “There is a clear exclusion of anti-Semites,” she said after meeting with Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor. “Anyone who attracts attention with anti-Semitic actions cannot under any circumstances obtain a German passport,” Faeser emphasized.
CDU leader Friedrich Merz had demanded that naturalization applicants sign a statement recognizing Israel’s right to exist.
Source: Krone
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