Almost seven years ago, on the morning of March 22, 2016, Brussels was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. After the attack, Belgium raised the terror threat level to four. Since then, the threat level has been lowered to a two.
France has long experience with terrorism and has been repeatedly shaken by attacks. In November 2015, murders took place in several places in Paris, including the Bataclan concert venue.
Hear SVT’s European correspondent Ulrika Bergsten about how these countries work with security today in the video player above.
Lessons learned from the EU
After the attacks in Brussels and Paris, the EU introduced new laws to counter terrorism. Below, Ulrika Bergsten explains the EU’s most important lessons after the events and how they work to counter terrorism today.