EU-India cooperation in the fight against terrorism
The EU and India regularly participate in counter-terrorism dialogues, which contribute to their technical cooperation efforts in this area. The most recent dialogue, the 15th edition, took place in Brussels on September 9, 2025. In February 2022, the EU and India organized their first joint workshop on terrorist content online, building on the counter-terrorism dialogue organized in November 2020. This online workshop addressed the urgent issue of terrorist exploitation of the Internet, while exploring innovative prevention campaigns and interventions.
Since then, the EU-India counter-terrorism dialogue has continued to prioritize the regulation of terrorist content online, elevating it to the top two priorities during the March 2022 debate.
As the world’s two largest democracies, the European Union and India share a commitment to a rules-based global order, effective multilateralism and sustainable development. Since 2004, India has been a strategic partner of the EU and 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of their relations.
EU-India collaboration from 2020 to 2025 is guided by the EU-India Strategic Partnership Roadmap, the EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region and the Global Gateway Strategy. There are more than 50 EU-India sectoral dialogues.
ESIWA+ (Strengthening EU Security Cooperation in and with Asia and the Indo-Pacific) works in four thematic areas: counter-terrorism and preventing violent extremism, crisis management/countering hybrid threats, cybersecurity and maritime security. ESIWA+ is co-financed by the European Union, Germany and France, and is co-implemented by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and Expertise France.
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