Spain calls for changes in EU legal system to fight yihad terrorists
Monday, June 3, 2013 @ 9:05 PM
INTERIOR minister Jorge Fernández Díaz has called for 'big changes' in legal procedures within the European Union to allow member States greater powers in dealing with fundamentalist terrorism in the name of the yihad, or Islamic holy war.
He says 'arresting offenders is helpful', but not enough, since the justice system at EU level needs to be adapted so that Spain and other member States have greater legal powers available to them in the fight against Al-Qaeda and similar organisations, and non-affiliated terrorists.
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