Statewatch points this out in this article, the introduction:

EU member states can now collect and share information on “potential terrorists”. This category is based on a new informal definition that was agreed with no democratic scrutiny. While claiming to target those who may engage in political violence, there is potential for far broader application.

According to the EU it is possible to acquire:

“objective, verifiable information” leading to a belief that the individual in question “will in the future commit, facilitate, support or engage in terrorist or violent extremist offences.”

Statewatch reports that the Belgian Presidency document outlines categories of people who this new practice may cover. These include asylum seekers and refugees, as well as climate and environmental activists. The EU has been warned:

The UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention has issued a warning that:

“…the conflation of peaceful climate activism with radicalisation and terrorism may increase polarisation by wrongly labelling activists as radicals and trivialising terrorism.”

It shows how the EU is sliding when it comes to fundamental rights.

Earlier Statewatch articles:

• Who’s a “potential terrorist or violent extremist threat”? Plans to exchange information about “future” criminals, May 2024;
• Environmental activism under the EU counter-terror microscope, February 2024.