Gijs de Vries was appointed in March 2004 as the European Council's special adviser to Javier Solana on counter-terrorism. A year in the post, he spoke to EurActiv on the EU's current and future policies to defeat the terrorist threat.
In an interview with EurActiv on 1 March 2005, Mr de Vries discussed the following issues:
Read the full interview with Mr de Vries.