Counter Terrorism Group

The Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) is an informal intelligence agency. It is made up of the members of the Bern Club - i.e. the intelligence services of the 28 member states of the European Union as well as the services of Norway and Switzerland . One goal of the Counter Terrorism Group is to fight terrorism by cooperating with intelligence services. For example, threat picture images are jointly created and information is analyzed. The CTG was created in autumn 2001 as a direct reaction to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . This was preceded by a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council on September 20, 2001, at which the Member States agreed to hold a first meeting of the heads of domestic intelligence services.

The Counter Terrorism Group does not belong to the security architecture of the European Union . Nevertheless, the service whose country holds the EU Council Presidency takes over the presidency every six months.

Individual evidence

^ Anna Daun: Intelligence - structures for multilateral cooperation between European states . In: Integration . Vol. 28, No. 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2005.
↑ ^a ^b Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution: Counter Terrorism Group (CTG). Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
^ Extraordinary meeting of the Justice, Home Affairs and Civil Protection Council. In: European Commission - Press Release Database. European Commission, September 20, 2001, accessed on January 1, 2019 : "In order to accelerate this process, the heads of these services in the Member States of the European Union meet regularly - and for the first time before November 1, 2001."

[1] Anna Daun: Intelligence - structures for multilateral cooperation between European states . In: Integration . Vol. 28, No. 2 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2005.

[:0-2] Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution: Counter Terrorism Group (CTG). Retrieved October 22, 2018 .

[3] Extraordinary meeting of the Justice, Home Affairs and Civil Protection Council. In: European Commission - Press Release Database. European Commission, September 20, 2001, accessed on January 1, 2019 : "In order to accelerate this process, the heads of these services in the Member States of the European Union meet regularly - and for the first time before November 1, 2001."