Europeanization received a particular boost in the European Union with the idea of creating a "Common European Asylum System" (CEAS). Even a statement by Spain's then-acting Foreign Minister Pique shortly after the attacks shows how immigration and terrorism were now directly linked: "The reinforcement of the fight against illegal immigration is also the reinforcement of the fight against terrorism." Concerns about the negative impact of migration on, for example, economic prosperity, national

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... dentity, social order, and state sovereignty preceded 9/11, but they transformed concerns into migration-related security fears. In Germany, too, the events triggered a debate about internal security; under the Red-Green-led (referring to the Social Democratic-Green coalition, which governed Germany from 1998 -2005) federal government, there were calls for "tightening the law on foreigners." Although this has always been a law to avert danger, it is only since 9/11 that links have been drawn to the threat of terrorism: away from the concrete danger to an abstract threat.