The first session of the Think Tanks Tandem initiative was held at the abbey of the Vaux-de-Cernay close to Paris on 8-9 July 2016. It was attended by some forty representatives of Germanand French think tanks as well as by German, French and European authorities. The round table was devoted to the struggle against Islamist terrorism. Yves Bertoncini summarizes the debate.
Yves Bertoncini is President of the European Movement France, he formally worked as director of the Jacques Delors Institute in Paris.