Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) - Swiss citizens will vote 17 May on whether or not the government should go ahead with its plans to move entirely to biometric passports and national identity cards.

The work is already underway but an October 2007 popular initiative drew enough signatures to force a vote.

Posted by :: Ellen Wallace on 30 October 2008 at 7:02 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 30 October 2008.

Filed under: Politics

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