Introduction -- Contemporary terrorist threats in Europe: data versus perceptions -- Historical evolution of the EU counterterrorism policy -- Europol's counterterrorism role: a chicken-egg dilemma -- Eurojust's fledgling counterterrorism role -- EU counterterrorism coordinator -- European arrest warrant: implications for EU counterterrorism efforts -- EU's fight against terrorist finances: internal shortcomings and unsuitable external models -- Freedom and/or/versus security? -- Scenarios of future developments of the EU counterterrorism policy -- Concluding remarks