The terrorist threat posed by Islamist extremists is as much a concern for countries in mainland Europe as it is for the UK, David Cameron has said.
The prime minister and Nick Clegg are expected to discuss plans for new measures to tackle the threat.
Their talks come after the UK’s terror threat level was raised to “severe” from “substantial” in response to the deepening conflict in Iraq and Syria.
Labour has called for more action to stop Britons being drawn to extremism.
Mr Cameron will make a Commons statement on Monday, proposing new powers to stop would-be terrorists travelling abroad.
He has urged European leaders in Brussels to take co-ordinated action to tackle the group calling itself Islamic State (IS), which has seized swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.
Speaking before the meeting, he said: “Today in Brussels is an opportunity to talk with other EU leaders and to make sure we all co-ordinate to stop people travelling to Iraq and Syria to stop radicalisation, to confront extremism.”
He had previously said the “threat is growing” from Britons travelling to fight with IS, adding that there were “gaps in our armoury” that needed to be strengthened.
The new alert level rates the risk of an attack on the UK as “highly likely”, although Downing Street said there was no evidence to suggest one is “imminent”.
The rating is the second highest of five possible UK threat levels and is the highest since 2011.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has suggested the introduction of a “mandatory programme” of deradicalisation for people “drawn into the fringes of extremism”.
Writing in the Independent, he also urged the government to revisit the decision to scrap the control orders regime for terror suspects.
Talks between Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg, the deputy prime minster and Liberal Democrat leader, come after the Conservatives said they wanted to make it easier to seize the passports of would-be terrorists travelling abroad.
The home secretary already has the power – under the Royal Prerogative – to withhold a passport if it is in the public interest to stop somebody travelling.
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