Negotiators from the Parliament and the EU Council have not yet been able to reach agreement at Thursday 14 February on the voluntary or mandatory presence of fingerprints on future identity cards issued in the Member States. After a first trilogue on 24 January, which made it possible to reach agreement on a large number of open points (see EUROPE 12180), the Council remained firm in its determination to make the presence of fingerprints mandatory on future identity documents.
The...