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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9769

25 October 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 48
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council
Germany is opposed to “body scanner”

Luxembourg, 24/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Friday 24 October that he was opposed to the establishment of body scanners in airports. “I do not want the police running the risk of being accused of voyeurism”, Mr Schäuble explained during a press meeting on the occasion of an EU home ministers' meeting in Luxembourg. He spoke of passenger “dignity”. The scanners would show passengers naked for the detection of weapons and explosives...

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