The European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report, better known as the TE-SAT, aims to provide law enforcement officials, policymakers and the general public with a fact-based understanding with regard to terrorism in the European Union (EU). In addition to the presentation of facts, it seeks to identify trends in the development of this phenomenon., The TE-SAT is a public report produced annually by Europol on the basis of information provided and verified by the competent law-enforcement authorities in the member states of the EU. In this respect, it is an awareness and reference document for anyone interested in the development of terrorism and related phenomena in the EU., Terrorists aim at intimidating the people, compelling states to comply with their demands, or destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a country or an organisation. Terrorism is the attempt to achieve political goals with the use or the threat of violence. In the EU, groups of people of very different orientation continue to rely on terrorism as a tactic., But terrorist acts and activities on the territory of the EU can also be triggered by developments in other parts of the world. Terrorism continues to impact on the lives of EU citizens, both inside and outside of the EU. In 2008, four people, including a law enforcement officer, died in the EU as a result of terrorist attacks that were carried out by ETA in Spain.