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Introduction Amongmany issues of concern, preventing terrorist attacks by addressing and stopping violent radicalization and recruitment is a priority for the European Union (EU), as outlined in the EU Internal Security Strategy in Action.1 This challenge was first explicitly formulated in the 2005 EU Strategy for Combating Radicalisation and Recruitment to Terrorism. According to this document, the European Commission aims to prevent ‘individuals from turning to violence, while halting the emergence of the next generation of terrorists’.2 The Strategy is closely linked to the EU Counter-terrorism Strategy, which was also released in 2005. In addition, it is tied to the earlier EUCounter-terrorismAction Plans, as well as a wide range of other European policies that directly or indirectly aim to prevent terrorism at an early stage.
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