Summary Terrorist Threat Assessment Netherlands 43

The threat level in the Netherlands remains at ‘substantial’, level 4 on a scale of 1 to 5. This means that the chance of an attack in the Netherlands is real, but that there are no specific indications that an attack is being prepared. At present, the threat to the Netherlands is still primarily jihadist in nature, though in the current polarised climate with regard to Islam, asylum seekers, integration, the EU and Turkey, there is also a chance that acts of violence could be committed by either the far right or far left. It is conceivable that the level of polarisation in the Netherlands could increase between now and the parliamentary elections in March 2017.