A senior European Union official has said there is a “huge risk of terrorist attacks in the European Union” over the coming holiday season.
European Home Affairs Commission Ylva Johansson said the polarisation in society caused by the Israel-Hamas war was increasing the risk of violence with remarks coming days after a tourist was fatally stabbed in Paris.
According to Johansson, The EU was making an additional thirty million euros available for additional security.She, however, did not specify whether there was any specific information which had led to the warning.
“We saw it recently in Paris, unfortunately we have seen it earlier as well,” she added ahead of a meeting of EU interior ministers.
A similar warning came from German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser who told reporters the EU had to keep a close eye on threats and propaganda, as there was a high “risk of further emotionalisation and radicalisation of violent Islamist perpetrators”.
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