Catalan Independence Comes up Again in the Europol Report on Terrorism

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Europol sees Catalan sovereignty as fragmented and with little operational capacity

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Europol has once again put Catalan independence movements under the microscope. In its annual report on the situation and trends of terrorism in the European Union, the police agency has reinstated the pro-sovereignty movement in the section of "Ethno-nationalist and separatist terrorism and violent extremism". This unexpected inclusion comes just a year after Europol had excluded it from this same list at the beginning of 2025 thanks to politic…

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Europol's annual report on the situation and trends of terrorism in the European Union refers again this year to the Catalan case, after a two-year absence. The document places the so-called "Catalan separatist extremism" within the section dedicated to ethno-nationalist and separatist terrorism, but describes it as an environment "fragmented, operationally weak and largely limited to sporadic and symbolic activities". The European police agency…