translate English to French: If it is Europe that has to be the base for the decisive campaign against terrorism, that has to do with the fact that terrorism will spread – as it has done in recent weeks – for as long as the problem in the Middle East is no closer to a solution – a solution which, it must be conceded, can be arrived at only step by step.
Si l’Europe doit être à la base de la lutte décisive contre le terrorisme, c’est parce que le terrorisme se propagera, comme ce fut le cas ces dernières semaines, tant qu’une solution au problème du Moyen-Orient ne sera pas en vue, solution qui, soyons honnêtes, ne peut être que progressive.