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The Netherlands: ID card debate

01 March 1991

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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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