Publications

The Strategic Communications Meeting on 26 November brought together EU institutions, Member States, international organisations, civil society, academia, and private-sector experts to discuss how strategic communications can better address evolving challenges in the prevention of extremism.

The joint meeting in Brussels of Thematic Panels 1 (Ideologies & Conspiracy Narratives) and 3 (New Technologies & the Online Dimension) brought together policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to examine the evolving phenomenon of nihilistic violence in the digital age.

Thematic Panel 5 hosted its fifth meeting entitled “Emerging Threats and Hybridised Ideologies” in Brussels.

The first meeting of 2026 of Thematic Panel 4, titled “From clubs to communities: sports and radicalisation – insights, gender considerations and tools for local practitioners”, took place on 16-17 March 2026 in Brussels.

On 27-28 November 2025, the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation organised in Brussels the third Strategic Communications training on Digital P/CVE for 25 first-line practitioners from different EU Member States.

In line with the Strategic Orientations on an EU coordinated approach to prevention of radicalization, the work of TP3 in 2026 will focus on the rapidly evolving role of online environments and new technologies in shaping extremist narratives, recruitment strategies and hybrid threats.

Thematic Panel 1 addresses the increasingly complex and diverse extremist landscape in Europe, where radicalisation processes are evolving beyond traditional ideological boundaries.

Radicalisation processes are increasingly evolving beyond traditional ideological boundaries, and a particular concern is the emergence of fragmented, hybrid, or mixed ideologies and their role in fuelling radicalisation, especially among vulnerable young people.

TP6’s mandate is to support policy and practitioner communities working on the management of returning FTFs and their families, with a thematic focus on operationally grounded approaches to case management, risk/threat assessment, multi-agency coordination, and reintegration.