EU urged to address terrorist threat posed by Polisario

The European Union needs to act to counter the terrorist threat posed by the polisario separatist militia, which operates in the neighborhood of Europe, warned Member of the European Parliament Tomáš Zdechovský.

The EU must make people understand the danger posed by certain military groups that adopt a terrorist doctrine, which threaten the values of moderation, peace and tolerance that we share with countries on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, especially Morocco,” said the MEP on Tuesday at the European Parliament.

The MEP’s remarks were made Tuesday during a conference, organized by the European People’s Party (EPP) group on the issue of radicalization and extremism. The Conference brought together parliamentarians and security experts who discussed the terrorist threat facing European countries and ways to address it.

Morocco, which faces the threat from the Tindouf camps in Algeria, which are a breeding ground for terrorism and jihadism, has our full support, Tomáš Zdechovský said, calling for assisting the Kingdom against groups that threaten the stability of the region.

“It is unacceptable for us to support a separatist group [i.e. the ‘polisario’] that destroys the values that Europe has in common with Morocco. It is inadmissible. Europe cannot deal with an entity that feeds on terrorist doctrines.”

”The stability of the Sahel region and North Africa is essential for the European bloc, hence any party or group that threatens stability or undertakes aggressive acts must be considered terrorist by the EU,” he insisted.

Rabat and Brussels cooperate closely in the security field, especially in the prevention and fight against the terrorist threat, he further noted, urging Algeria, which harbors and finances the separatist front, to fully assume its responsibility in promoting stability in the region.