The right-winged politics’ influence on and control of Governments since 9/11

The 11th of September 2001 a terrorist attack destroyed the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, USA. Soon it became clear that Muslim terrorists had been responsible for this attack and since then this has been an important point on the agenda of world politics. What consequences did this have for politics in the EU member states? Did the EU members states became more right winged? In this thesis I examine whether the governments of five founders of the ECSC have moved more towards the right, i.e. whether these governments have become more right winged since 9/11, which is also the main research question.