Terrorism in Europe [What Think Tanks are thinking]

The terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015 year and in Brussels in March 2016 have reinforced calls on European Union member states to strengthen their cooperation on internal security and intensified the debate on the EU's role in fighting terrorism. Among measures being, or about to be, introduced are more thorough checks of people travelling abroad, better control of firearms, the collecting of more data on airline passengers, and improved operational cooperation. The European Parliament is preparing for negotiations with EU member states on a proposed Directive on Combating Terrorism and the Commission is pushing ahead with its Security Union concept. This note offers links to recent commentaries and reports from major international think tanks on terrorism in Europe and the EU's response to it.

More studies on the topic can be found in a previous edition of 'What think tanks are thinking' published in December 2015 (see related url hyperlinks).

Editor: Marcin Grajewski

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU Response To The Paris Terrorist Attacks [What Think Tanks Are Thinking] http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-response-to-the-paris-terrorist-attacks-what-think-tanks-are-thinking/

ESO: Background information: Brussels attacks: MEPs call for an EU approach and effective data sharing http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-attacks-meps-call-for-an-eu-approach-and-effective-data-sharing/

ESO: Background information: Brussels attacks: Zaventem and Maelbeek bombs kill many / Terror hits the capital of Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-attacks-zaventem-and-maelbeek-bombs-kill-many-terror-hits-the-capital-of-europe/

ESO: Background information: European responses to terrorism http://www.europeansources.info/record/ecfr-views-from-the-capitals-european-responses-to-terrorism/

ESO: Background information: The EU and the 2016 Terrorist Attacks in Brussels: Better instead of more information sharing http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eu-and-the-2016-terrorist-attacks-in-brussels-better-instead-of-more-information-sharing/

ESO: Background information: Is a European Security Policy Finally Possible? http://www.europeansources.info/record/judy-asks-is-a-european-security-policy-finally-possible/

EUObserver, 26.09.16: Spy agencies launch 'real-time' terror tracker https://euobserver.com/justice/135231

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