On 4 March 2026, the third EU-UK Counter-Terrorism Dialogue,
established by the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA),
took place in Brussels.
The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) discussed a
wide range of counter-terrorism issues, including assessments of
the evolving terrorist threat landscape, and an exchange of best
practice on the UK's and EU's responses to protect our citizens.
This included continued cooperation in multilateral fora and in
the joint advancing of our strategic priorities in key
theatres.
The EU and UK also discussed strategic approaches to countering
terrorism and a range of topics related to the abuse of new
technologies by terrorist groups, including preventing
radicalisation online, AI, as well as engagement with the private
sector and civil society in that regard.
The EU and UK jointly welcomed the productive discussions and
agreed to continue these important exchanges. Both sides
underlined the strategic importance of their unique relationship
in addressing these challenges.
They reaffirmed their mutual commitment to continue to work
closely on Counter-Terrorism, in line with shared values and as
reaffirmed in the UK-EU Summit 2025 Joint Statement and Security
and Defence Partnership.
On the EU side, the Dialogue was chaired by Maciej Stadejek,
Deputy Managing Director for Security and Defence Policy of the
European External Action Service (EEAS). The UK delegation was
chaired by Jonathan Emmett, Director Counter-Terrorism in the
Home Office, who was accompanied by officials from the Home
Office, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Representatives from the European Commission, including the EU
Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Bartjan Wegter, the Director
Internal Security from the Directorate General for Migration and
Home Affairs, Floriana Sipala, also joined. The delegation
included a representative of the Cyprus Presidency on behalf of
EU Member States.
The next Counter-Terrorism Dialogue will be held in London.
