On Thursday 17 November, the negotiators from the European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on the directive aimed at tackling terrorism – a proposal that had been put forward at the end of 2015 in the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks and that is aimed at punishing assistance to the preparation of terrorist attacks (see EUROPE 11444).
The provisional agreement still needs to be confirmed by EU ambassadors, who are due to focus on the issue on 30 November, a...