A decade after the terror attacks in Brussels, the European Parliament honoured the victims and recommitted to combating radicalism, hatred and extremism.
This Sunday marked ten years since the horrific 2016 terror attacks in Brussels. A senseless day of violence that claimed 32 lives and injured hundreds more, including staff from Parliament and other institutions. It was a day that saw people come together in grief, a moment of extraordinary courage, of Europeans looking out for each other in the worst of times. Again and again, Europe has demonstrated that humanity prevails in the face of terror - with a sense of dignity, resilience and defiance. In this month in 2004, terrorists murdered 193 people in the Madrid train bombings, while yesterday marked eight years since the murder of Gendarmerie Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame by an ISIS inspired terrorist in France. Each act of terror is an attack on our way of life. And as we mark this sombre moment, this Parliament remembers the victims and recommits to combating radicalism, hatred and extremism. Europe will not forget.