June 26, 2018
EU admits: Jihadist terrorism has cost economy hundreds of billions
By Kaya Forest and Sierra Rayne
In a new report prepared by the RAND Corporation for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), the European Union (E.U.) acknowledges what many national security experts have been arguing for years:
This Cost of Non-Europe report argues that since 2004, terrorism has cost the EU about €185 billion in lost Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and around €5.6 billion in lost lives, injuries, and damage to infrastructure. It is argued that terrorism also harms trade, foreign direct investment and tourism (with immediate but often short-lived consequences in this latter respect), as well as transport[.] ...
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/eu_admits_jihadist_terrorism_has_cost_economy_hundreds_of_billions.html#ixzz5JYThxrLt
