European Union Releases Discussion Paper on Counter-terrorism

On November 13, 2014, the Italian Presidency of the European Union released its discussion paper on various aspects of counter-terrorism.[2] This revised draft takes into account comments made by delegations from two working group meetings, namely TWP [3] and COTER.[4] While preserving a concise and action-oriented approach, this paper also aims to reflect the concrete proposals made by delegations and to increase the focus on synergy through a ‘living document’ which could be considered by incoming Presidencies for further development.