Security: civil liberties MEPs debate changing trends in terrorist threats - Main contents

The rise in jihadist attacks, terrorists' profiles and the special role of women in ISIS, recruitment of young people on social media and ISIS communication strategies, terrorist financing, the links between terrorism and crime and striking the right balance between privacy and security on encryption were among the topics debated by Civil Liberties Committee MEPs and Head of the Europol Counter Terrorism Centre Manuel Navarrete Paniagua on Monday afternoon.

The debate followed a presentation of two reports by the EU law enforcement agency Europol, on the "Terrorism Situation" in the EU for 2016 and on "Changes in modus operandi of Islamic State terrorist attacks" respectively.

In a separate debate, MEPs discussed counter-terrorism cooperation among EU member states with Chair of the Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security () Arie Ijzerman.

The Europol report on "Changes in modus operandi of Islamic State terrorist attacks and the COSI report are available on the Civil Liberties Committee's website.

The report on the Terrorism Situation in the EU 2016 will be posted on Europol's website in 2-3 weeks.

You can watch the video recording of the debate here (soon available).

REF. : 20160523IPR28418

Updated: ( 24-05-2016 - 09:56)