EU Plans to Require Biometrics for Visitors

bushwhacker2000 writes to tell us that the EU may soon be requiring travelers to provide biometric data before crossing into Europe. They are trying to soften the blow by offering "streamlined" services for frequent travelers but the end result seems the same. "The proposals, contained in draft documents examined by the International Herald Tribune and scheduled to go to the European Commission on Wednesday, were designed to bring the EU visa regime into line with a new era in which passports include biometric data. The commission, the EU executive, argues that migratory pressure, organized crime and terrorism are obvious challenges to the Union and that the bloc's border and visa policy needs to be brought up to date."

Comments

Ooh!

[Greyfox]

Now I'm going to HAVE to go to Germany, just to have some guy with that accent go "Your papers, Sir?" I wonder if I can bribe one to go "THESE ARE NOT IN ORDER! DER FURHER WILL BE MOST DISPLEASED!" I get all tingly just thinking about it...

Re:Falls rome, falls the world

[JSchoeck]

And of course the participation of the United States in World War II makes them immune to any further criticism in the second millennium after Jesus Christ.

Sadly the grandparent is right, in Germany way too much tightening of the personal freedom has occurred during the last years. We can only hope that it stops very soon.