<sod>[[Europol]] provides annual statistics regarding terrorist attacks and terrorist related arrests in the EU, with data available from 2006.<ref name="Europol statistics">{{citation |title=Europol statistics|url=https://www.europol.europa.eu/latest_publications/37|accessdate=15 January 2015|publisher=''europol.europa.eu''}}</ref> According to these data the vast majority of terrorist attacks in the EU are affiliated with Ethno-national or separatist motives, followed by left-wing attacks and those that are registered as 'unspecified'.  A significant number of terror attacks are motivated religiously or associated with right-wing groups. However, among those arrested on terror-related crimes most are religiously motivated and form the largest group, followed by separatist related terror suspects.  The relatively high incidence of arrests related to religiously motivated terrorism (in comparison to the number of such attacks) is at least in part related to recruitment networks for violent action outside the EU and to the dissemination of terrorist propaganda.<ref name="Europol Terrorism Report 2014">{{citation |title=Europol Terrorism Report 2014|url=https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/te-sat-2014-european-union-terrorism-situation-and-trend-report-2014|accessdate=15 January 2015|publisher=''europol.europa.eu''}}</ref> Europol's reports do not provide a breakdown of the proportion of attacks that have been completed or the type of damage inflicted.  In January 2015, [[The Economist]] compiled data regarding deaths due to political violence in western Europe since 2001.  Terrorism in the EU seems to have a disturbing trend toward antisemetism caused by Muslim extremism with many of the attacks directed at Israeli targets.  The  European Jewish population is well assimilated and often physically indistinguishable from the general population so religious institutions and schools are often targeted.  The data shows that the death toll associated with Islamist terror is particularly high, especially when compared with the overall proportion of religiously motivated attacks reported by Europol.<ref name="The Economist: Terror in western Europe">{{citation |title=The Economist: Terror in western Europe|url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/01/daily-chart-8|accessdate=17 January 2015|publisher=''economist.com''}}</ref><eod>
<sod>[[Europol]] provides annual statistics regarding terrorist attacks and terrorist related arrests in the EU, with data available from 2006.<ref name="Europol statistics">{{citation |title=Europol statistics|url=https://www.europol.europa.eu/latest_publications/37|accessdate=15 January 2015|publisher=''europol.europa.eu''}}</ref> According to these data the vast majority of terrorist attacks in the EU are affiliated with Ethno-national or separatist motives, followed by left-wing attacks and those that are registered as 'unspecified'.  A significant number of terror attacks are motivated religiously or associated with right-wing groups. However, among those arrested on terror-related crimes most are religiously motivated and form the largest group, followed by separatist related terror suspects.  The relatively high incidence of arrests related to religiously motivated terrorism (in comparison to the number of such attacks) is at least in part related to recruitment networks for violent action outside the EU and to the dissemination of terrorist propaganda.<ref name="Europol Terrorism Report 2014">{{citation |title=Europol Terrorism Report 2014|url=https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/te-sat-2014-european-union-terrorism-situation-and-trend-report-2014|accessdate=15 January 2015|publisher=''europol.europa.eu''}}</ref> Europol's reports do not provide a breakdown of the proportion of attacks that have been completed or the type of damage inflicted.  In January 2015, [[The Economist]] compiled data regarding deaths due to political violence in western Europe since 2001.  Terrorism in the EU seems to have a trend toward antisemetism caused by Muslim extremism with many of the attacks directed at Israeli targets.  The  European Jewish population is well assimilated and often physically indistinguishable from the general population so religious institutions and schools are often targeted.  A significant death toll is caused by Islamist terrorism, especially when compared with the overall proportion of religiously motivated attacks reported by Europol.<ref name="The Economist: Terror in western Europe">{{citation |title=The Economist: Terror in western Europe|url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/01/daily-chart-8|accessdate=17 January 2015|publisher=''economist.com''}}</ref><eod>