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Gilles de Kerchove

Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU counter-terror coordinator, Gilles de Kerchove - does the EU have a coherent response to the Islamic State challenge?

How serious a threat to western security is the extremist group that calls itself Islamic State? According to those governments now backing military action against the jihadis the danger is very real - not least from foreign fighters, battle hardened in Syria and Iraq, who return to homes in the west. HARDtalk speaks to the EU counter-terror coordinator, Gilles de Kerchove - does the EU have a coherent response to the Islamic State challenge?

30 minutes

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Wed 1 Oct 2014 20:30GMT

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Role Contributor
Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Gilles de Kerchove

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