Coordination of counter-terrorism

Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States of America, the Council of Government decided to reactivate the National Protection bodies, including the High Commissioner for National Protection (Haut-Commissariat à la protection nationale, HCNP).

Since February 2007, the High Commissioner for National Protection has been the national coordinator in the war against terrorism and carries out regular exchanges with the State Intelligence Service (Service de renseignement de l’État, SRE), the Grand Ducal Police, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, the Ministry of Justice and the Public Prosecutor's Office.

Structurally, Luxembourg has a two-level framework:

• at operational level, meetings between the Grand Ducal Police's anti-terrorism section, the Intelligence Service and the Public Prosecutor's Office take place at regular intervals;
• at strategic level, an Anti-terrorism Coordination Group (Groupe de coordination en matière de lutte contre le terrorisme, CGT) has been put in place, chaired by the High Commissioner for National Protection. It is composed of the Director-General of the Grand Ducal Police, the Director of the State Intelligence Service, the Public Prosecutor and representatives from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Home Affairs.