EU Vows to Boost Border Security, Crack Down on Islamic Radicalization

EU Vows to Boost Border Security, Crack Down on Islamic Radicalization
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson speaks during a media conference after a meeting of EU interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, on Nov. 13, 2020. Virginia Mayo /Pool/AP Photo
Alexander Zhang
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European Union interior ministers agreed on Friday to beef up border security and crack down on Islamic extremist propaganda in an attempt to respond to a new wave of terrorist attacks in multiple European countries.

The EU ministers made the pledges after a video conference held on the fifth anniversary of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, in which Muslim extremists loyal to the ISIS terrorist group killed 130 people in coordinated bomb and gun attacks on multiple targets in the French capital.