At first, I just wanted to get out of Brussels as quickly as possible and never look back. The dreadful attacks at Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek metro station had filled me with deep sorrow and concern. So intense was my immediate reaction that my decision seemed to be final, irrevocable. Finding myself at the time […]
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As every European, I am deeply shocked about the Brussels terror attacks that struck at the heart of Europe last Tuesday. This first major attack on European ground in 2016 and one of the sadly already numerous attacks worldwide this year has affected me all the more, as it’s not so long ago that I […]
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It did not take long for the Eurosceptic Right to bend the tragic attacks on Brussels to its own advantage. Here in Britain, UKIP leader Nigel Farage came under fire from multiple sources after he referred to the Belgian capital as the ‘jihadi capital of Europe’ and the Schengen Agreement, which has eradicated border-checks between […]
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