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The Netherlands: ID card debate (1)

01 January 1991

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The Netherlands: ID card debate
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Statewatch no.1 March/April 1991

Minister of justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin of the Christian Democrat/Social
Democrat Dutch coalition government last December declared he would not deliver
a bill making identification with passports or special identification cards
mandatory for every Dutch civilian upon request by a police officer. His
predecessor was an ardent supporter of such a new law to combat petty crimes and
come into line with other European countries in the process of unification. A
right-wing parliamentary majority of Christian Democrats and Liberals declared
however they still felt mandatory identification legislation was necessary for
combating crime.

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