Club de Berne

The Club de Berne (French pronunciation: [klœb də bɛʁn], lit.

'Bern Club', CdB) is an intelligence sharing forum between the intelligence services of the 27 states of the European Union (EU), Norway and Switzerland, named after the city of Bern.

It is an institution based on voluntary exchange of secrets, experience and views as well as discussing problems.

[1][2] Austria is excluded from the CdB because of its tolerance of espionage that does not target the country itself.

It provides threat assessments to EU policy makers and provides a form for expert collaboration.

Members of the Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) after the United Kingdom left the European Union as of January 31, 2020