This article analyses the European Union's (EU) construction of the threat of cyberterrorism. Through the application of interpretive discourse analysis, the article identifies several key strands that underpin the construction of the cyberterrorist threat within the political and security institutions of the EU. Locating the analysis within the literature pertaining both to the EU as a security actor and to cyber-security, the article identifies the emergence of the perceived threat of cyberterrorism within the EU discourse on emerging security threats. The article scrutinizes the meaning(s) ascribed to this threat, arguing that although cyberterrorism has not been conclusively defined by the EU, the threat has been invoked as a means of legitimizing existing and future security practices. In particular, the threat of cyberterrorism has been ascribed significance with respect to the need to implement harmonized, high standards for the securing of critical infrastructure across the EU and its member states.

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了解欧盟对网络恐怖主义威胁的看法：论述分析

本文分析了欧盟（EU）对网络恐怖主义威胁的构建。通过应用解释性话语分析，本文确定了支持欧盟政治和安全机构内构建网络恐怖主义威胁的几个关键因素。本文将分析定位在与欧盟作为安全参与者和网络安全有关的文献中，确定了欧盟关于新兴安全威胁的话语中网络恐怖主义威胁的出现。该文章仔细研究了这种威胁的含义，认为尽管欧盟尚未最终定义网络恐怖主义，但该威胁已被援引为使现有和未来安全实践合法化的一种手段。尤其是，