Five years after 9/11 the EU is still struggling every step of the way to get its own anti-terror laws put in place - hampered by political mistrust and the physical fact of having 25 member states each with different legal systems and histories.
The attacks in September 2001 failed to have a long-term galvanising effect on the EU, but instead exposed just how many differences there are in how governments approach inner security issues.
Directly after the events in New York and Wa...
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