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Fighting terrorism: The EU needs a strategy not a shopping list
The fight against international terrorism is a key priority of Britain's EU presidency. Following the July London bombings, the British government is understandably keen to speed up European counter-terrorism efforts. The centrepiece of EU policy in this area is the counter-terrorism 'action-plan', which EU governments first put together after the September 2001 attacks in the US.