Jan Peter Balkenende Quotes


Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on.


Citations

Balkenende, Jan Peter. "Presentation of the Programme of the Dutch Presidency." Debates of the European Parliament, European Parliament, 21 July 2004.

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Although the President was personally opposed to terrorism and his policies opposed terrorism, in his country most people supported terrorism and the Islamic schools—madrasas—taught intolerance, hate and terrorism. Even leading generals of the army were major supporters of terrorism. See {586700} as an example.


Jan Peter Balkenende
Jan Peter Balkenende
  • Born: May 7, 1956
  • Nationality: Dutch
  • Profession: Statesman

Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende Jr. KmstkNO CSG is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14 October 2010.