The European Parliament,

A. shocked at the terrorist attacks perpetrated in recent months in different Community countries, particularly the attack carried out in Vich (Barcelona) on 29 May 1991 by the terrorist gang ETA, the attacks by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the attack by the FLNC on the central offices of the Conseil Regional of Corsica,

B. appalled that the ETA terrorists care nothing for the fact that they are killing young children in their abominable attacks,

C. whereas public participation in every country is one of the keys to success in the struggle for peace, as has been shown by the break-up of the Barcelona cell and the collective revulsion shown by Catalan society in holding demonstrations to show its respect for the victims of the Vich attack,

D. whereas any terrorist action in a given Member State affects the other Member States because such action constitutes an attempt to destabilize our democracies and an attack upon the lives and fundamental rights of Community citizens,

E. having regard to its earlier strong condemnation of previous terrorist activity,

1. Condemns those responsible for the killings in Vich and all terrorist acts, as well as those who attempt to justify them politically;

2. Expresses its condolences to the families of the victims and hopes that those who were injured will recover quickly;

3. Reiterates its utter condemnation of violence and killing and declares that there can be no justification for such activities in a free society;

4. Supports the efforts of the Community governments to combat terrorism and organized crime;

5. Calls on European Political Cooperation to persist with cooperation and coordination, which are the basic preconditions for the fight against terrorism and reiterates its call for the establishment of a European Judicial Area in which the police forces of all the Member States would cooperate in the fight against terrorism and any other kind of organized crime;

6. Urges state institutions to conduct the struggle against terrorism strictly within a democratic legal framework;

7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the victims of terrorism receive compensation as a matter of urgency;

8. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, European Political Cooperation, and the governments of Spain, France, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Germany.