The European Commission announced on Thursday 18 November in a new evaluation report that Member States have broadly complied with EU counter-terrorism rules set out in Directive 2017/541, which replaced a 2002 framework decision, and have strengthened their approach to criminal justice in relation to terrorism.
“Having minimum standards for defining and punishing terrorist offences in the EU has a clear added value in preventing legal loopholes that can be exploited by terrorists”, the...