Negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached a provisional interinstitutional agreement on Tuesday 19 February on the provisions of future national identity cards issued in the EU.
At the end of a meeting the day before with the shadow rapporteurs on this issue, rapporteur Gérard Deprez (ALDE, Belgium), was able to lift Parliament's opposition to the mandatory nature of fingerprints on future cards issued, his entourage said on Tuesday....