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"Mr President, the world was, once more, obliged to stand and watch helplessly while one of the most tragic hostage dramas in history was played out. The attack on Beslan immerses us in absolute horror, in the denial of humanity, into the age of barbarism, and we cannot help but feel sickened at the sight of parents put to death in front of their children, or at the sight of children being used as human shields at windows. The place itself is symbolic: a school, representing learning, that knowledge that makes possible the fight against obscurantism, against stupidity and savagery. That which makes us human, the barbarians have smashed; how can you deprive a child of water, of food, of sleep, and still be part of humanity?
At the European level, though, we absolutely have to build up our capacities. The ambitious goals set after the Tampere Summit in order to establish a European approach to terrorism, have not been achieved. To be sure, as you have emphasised, progress has been made, particularly in the creation of the international arrest warrant, but the process has been held back by the Member States’ lack of political will to make European decisions truly effective. We have to build up our fighting capacity if we are to counter this, the curse of the new century. Having said that, what can we say about State barbarism? It is not acceptable that violence should be answered with violence."@en1
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