During the 6th meeting of the European Committee of the Regions' Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional & External Affairs (CIVEX), our first vice president and member of the Flemish Parliament, Karl Vanlouwe was appointed rapporter on the EU Counter-Terrorism Agenda 2020 – 2025.
The Agenda is part of the EU Security Union Strategy for 2020 to 2025 and builds on the existing measures to deny terrorists the means to carry out attacks and to strengthen resilience against the terrorist threat.
It is shaped around the following four aims:
- Identifying vulnerabilities and building capacity to anticipate threats
- Preventing attacks by addressing radicalisation
- Promoting security by design and reducing vulnerabilities to protect cities and people
- Stepping up operational support, prosecution and victims' rights to better respond to attacks
Mr Vanlouwe's opinion will be discussed at the CIVEX meeting on 11 May and during the Committee of the Regions' October plenary session.
