CHALLENGES FOR EUROPEAN POLICY MAKERS AFTER PARIS TERRORIST ATTACKS

Written by Daniela Schwarzer, Senior Director for Research and Director of the European Programme and Ivan Vejvoda, Senior Vice President Programmes German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF).

"European policymakers have three prime tasks now. The first is to continue to show unequivocal solidarity with Paris and stand united. But European states must now work much more determinately toward a unified, robust response to the threat posed by the self-declared Islamic State group (ISIS). And they need to decide how to confront the multiple challenges posed to our societies.