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27 June 2018
The EU is not closing the door to Turkey
Dr. Demir Murat Seyrek, Senior Policy Advisor, European Foundation for Democracy, says that according to the EU, the eff...
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26 June 2018
Erdogan only seems omnipotent thanks to ultra-nationalists
Dr. Demir Murat Seyrek talks about the June 2018 elections in Turkey with the Belgian 'De Standaard'...
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24 June 2018
Turks massively supervising ballot boxes
European Foundation for Democracy’s Senior Policy Advisor, Dr. Demir Murat Seyrek analyses the June 2018 Turkey electi...
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23 June 2018
There was never more hope for change
European Foundation for Democracy’s Senior Policy Advisor, Dr. Demir Murat Seyrek, was quoted by the Belgian ‘De Sta...
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18 May 2018
Integration of Syrian refugees in Europe needs scrutiny
The European Foundation for Democracy's (EFD) new report on "Refugees in Europe: Review of Policies & Practices" i...
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18 May 2018
New report highlights #refugees in Europe
The European Foundation for Democracy's new report on "Refugees in Europe: Review of Policies and Practices" is mentione...
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18 May 2018
Refugees have to learn what even other residents do not know
This article for De Correspondent talks about a panel discussion organised at the European Parliament by the European Fo...
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18 May 2018
Report recommends “better scrutiny” of publicly-funded NGOs working with refugees
The European Business Review discusses some of the key recommendations laid out by EFD in their recently published Refug...
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22 March 2018
“Le danger, ce sont les radicaux non violents”
In this article for 7Sur7, the event organised by the European Foundation for Democracy and the European Policy Centre t...
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22 March 2018
22-Mars: deux ans après, la Fondation européenne pour la démocratie met en garde contre les radicaux “non violents”
In this article for Bx1, the event held on 22 March 2018 to mark the second anniversary of the Brussels attacks is menti...
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22 March 2018
Attentats à Bruxelles – deux ans après – La Fondation européenne pour la démocratie met en garde contre les radicaux « non violents »
In this article for Metro, the event held on 22 March 2018 to mark the second anniversary of the Brussels attacks is men...
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22 March 2018
Brussels Attacks Anniversary: Julian King calls for action on ‘bedroom radicalisation’
The conference on "Two years after the Brussels attacks: the challenge of jihadist radicalisation in Europe and beyond"...
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22 March 2018
Europe’s terror response: Empowering right partners is key to preventing #radicalization
In this article for the EU Reporter, a conference organised by the European Foundation for Democracy and the European Po...
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22 March 2018
On the Westminster and Brussels attacks anniversary, the EU spotlights three catalysts for radicalization
President of the European Foundation for Democracy, Ms Roberta Bonazzi is mentioned in this article for Quartz, discussi...
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01 December 2017
Wahhabism has a huge outreach in Belgium
This article by Euractiv addresses the threat that non-violent extremist groups pose to society and mentions a panel dis...
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30 November 2017
Extremists accused of ‘hijacking identity’ of Muslims in Western Balkans
In this article for EuReporter, a conference organised by the European Foundation for Democracy, in partnership with TRE...
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30 November 2017
Growing concern on the Grand Mosque in Brussels and Islamic radicalisation in Europe
A conference organised by the European Foundation for Democracy, in partnership with TRENDS Research & Advisory and...
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29 November 2017
IS ideology “lives on” despite its military demise
The European Foundation for Democracy's Magnus Norell is mentioned in this article for the European Business Review, emp...
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20 October 2017
EU introduces new measures to combat ‘low-tech’ terrorism
This article from Deutsche Welle addresses the speech by Sir Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union ...
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20 August 2017
Jihad in the classroom: New curriculum unnerves Turkish minority
This article from Deutsche Presse-Agentur addresses the recent decision by the Turkish government to introduce jihad to...
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20 August 2017
Turkey’s education curriculum; Darwin out, Jihad in
This article from Adnrkronos addresses the recent decision by the Turkish government to introduce jihad to the education...
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10 July 2017
Risk of suspension of EU-Turkey accession talks
This article from Al Arabiya English discusses the possible suspension of the accession talks between Turkey and the EU....
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08 June 2017
Markus Lanz: Expert addresses the connection between religion and terror
This article by Huffington Post discusses EFD Senior Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour's appearance as a guest on German week...
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30 May 2017
’Let’s bomb violence with compassion’
This article by jetzt discusses an advertisement campaign of Kuwaiti mobile service provider Zain. In the campaign video...
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26 May 2017
This Israeli ex-Salafist is one of Europe’s most outspoken critics of radical Islam
In this article, The Times of Israel echoes EFD Senior Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour in his call for Western governments...
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04 May 2017
Integration: experts believe debate about mainstream culture to be vital
This article by Rundblick gives an account of a discussion on integration and German “Leitkultur“, hosted by the Kon...
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11 April 2017
Tips for teachers in the prevention of Islamism
This article by Neue Westfälische discusses the development process of EFD’s Practitioner’s Guide to Preventing Rad...
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07 April 2017
How teachers face against radicalisation among students
This article by Huffington Post mentions EFD’s latest publication, the Practitioner’s Guide to Preventing Radicalisa...
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23 March 2017
Commissioner King’s address at a book launch hosted by the European Policy Centre, European Foundation for Democracy and the Counter Extremism Project, ‘The Challenge of Jihadist Radicalisation in Europe and Beyond’, in Brussels
On 22nd of March, the European Policy Centre (EPC), in cooperation with the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) and...
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10 March 2017
Islamism: Author Ahmad Mansour calls for more digital intervention to fight radicalisation online
This article by Allgemeine Zeitung discusses a talk given by EFD Senior Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour on the need for more digital intervention in the prevention of radicalisation. Youth must be reached out to on social media and made offers by mainstream society, a process currently dominated by Salafists....
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08 March 2017
The Muslim Brotherhood is creating a ‘parallel social structure’ in Sweden, aided by ‘political elites’ making it impossible to criticise Islam, government report admits
EFD Senior Fellow Dr. Magnus Norell is mentioned by the British daily newspaper, the Daily Mail Online, on a report commissioned by Sweden's Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), part of the country's Ministry of Defence....
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10 February 2017
Focus on hard measures might even have fostered radicalisation
EFD Executive Director Alexander Ritzmann and RAN C&N Chair is interviewed by the Club de Madrid; he stresses the need for a critical evaluation of hard security measures implemented in the last years as they might be having a counterproductive effect....
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02 February 2017
A tolerant society has the duty to fight back against intolerance
This article by Swiss newspaper Kirchenbote gives an account of a discussion on the radicalisation of youth which took place in Basel, with the participation of EFD Senior Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour. In times where civil society is being destabilized and polarized, “we need schools that teach youth critical thinking and that allow for doubt and discussion”, Mansour said....
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26 January 2017
Italy is playing with fire
EFD Programme Director Ahmad Mansour and Senior Policy Advisor Dr. Lorenzo Vidino are cited in this article by Süddeutsche Zeitung on Italy's citizenship policy....
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19 January 2017
Radicalisation help center: What Islamism experts think about it
This article in Swiss TagesWoche discusses a new task force in Basel, which has been installed with the aim of preventing radicalisation. EFD Senior Policy Advisor Ahmad Mansour comments that contact points of this type should be embedded in a comprehensive societal strategy of dealing with extremist narratives and ideology....
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22 December 2016
Germany admits to its faults before the Belin attack
EFD President Roberta Bonazzi is mentioned by the French newspaper La Croix with regards to the dysfunctionalities present among law enforcement organisations in Europe....
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