MEPs on Wednesday (14 January) backed new rules on the introduction of biometric passports throughout the EU later this year, while exempting children under 12 years from having fingerprints included in their passports.
The rules were approved at a first reading by an overwhelming majority of MEPs – 594 against 51, while 37 abstained.
The parliamentarians underlined the need to improve document security in the EU by introducing "more reliable biometric data, namely fingerprints," ...
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