Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament

Read the outcomes of the conference entitled Progressive solutions to counter violent extremism organised by the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament organized on Tuesday, 21 April 2015.

Pannel one: the tools of de-radicalisation: Discrediting the ideologies, politics and economic grievances exploited by terrorists

Intervention by Tanja Fajon, S&D Group Vice President
Intervention by Stavros Lamdbrinidis, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, S&D Group Vice President - The aftermath of Paris, Copenhagen and Tunis: a European progressive response
Intervention by Professor Peter R. Neuman, director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICCR) and professor of security studies, Department of War Studies, King’s College, London - European foreign fighters: their motives, the implications and the role played by social media
Intervention by Latifa Ibn Ziaten, founder and president of the association Imad-Ibn-Ziaten for Youth and Peace - Giving a voice to the families of victims
Intervention by Hayat Khyare - A testimony from a family with a child currently in Syria
Intervention by Professor Preben Bertelsen, Department of psychology and behavioural science, Aarhus University - Targeted interventions and de-radicalisation – lessons learned from Denmark
Intervention by Hocine Ben Abderrahmane, historian and Imam at the Brussels El Azhar mosque - A testimony from the Brussels Imam and a former member of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS)

Pannel II: the tools of integration & education. Restitching the fabric of European society

Intervention by Jörg Leichtfried, S&D Group Vice Presideny - A testimony from the Brussels Imam and a former member of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS)
Intervention by Hadja Lahbib, RTBF news anchor and author of the documentary “Patience, Patience t’iras au paradis” - Culture and media as a tool for integration
Intervention by Hadja Lahbib, RTBF news anchor and author of the documentary “Patience, Patience t’iras au paradis” - Culture and media as a tool for integration
Intervention by Shiria Khatun, chair of the Shanaz network, UK - Engaging women in the effort to prevent recruitment and support for terrorism
Intervention by Dr Malika Hamidi, director of the European Muslim Network integration
Intervention by Professor Eugenia Relaño Pastor, senior lecturer on Islam in European Society, Complutense University, Madrid - Integration and religious diversity as a tool to strengthen Europe’s social fabric: lessons from Canada
Intervention by Hans Bonte, mayor of Vilvoorde - Empowerment and winning community trust
Intervention by Afzal Khan MEP, Manchester’s youngest, and first Asian, Muslim Lord Mayor in 2005

Party of the European Socialists

This report has been produced following the PES Democracy Network Meeting on “After Paris: strategies to fight radicalisation. Preventive measures and protecting the rule of law” hosted in Brussels on the 5th March 2015 by the PES Group at the Committee of the Region and with the support of the S&D Group, FEPS and Solidar.

Read the full report