Post 9/11 Europe: ‘safer’ but less free

Features noting the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers and other centres in the United States.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/11/589: Statement by President Barroso and President Van Rompuy: "The 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States" http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/589&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Council of the European Union: Fight against terrorism http://www.consilium.europa.eu/policies/fight-against-terrorism.aspx?lang=en

European Commission: DG Home Affairs: Crisis management and Fight against Terrorism http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/policies/terrorism/terrorism_intro_en.htm

Council of Europe: Press Release, 1.9.11: Ten years of “global war on terror” undermined human rights – also in Europe https://wcd.coe.int/wcd/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1823851&Site=DC&BackColorInternet=F5CA75&BackColorIntranet=F5CA75&BackColorLogged=A9BACE

EUISS: Opinion, 10.9.11: Fears trump freedom http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/fears-trump-freedoms/

Deutsche Welle, 11.9.11: Europe commemorates 9/11 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15380174,00.html

NATO Review, 2011: 10 years later: lessons learnt http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2011/11-september/EN/index.htm

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