Observations

Readers will have differing views on the need for a national ID card, but this report is not about that.

The EU Commission is moving fast towards a centralised database containing a wide variety of personal information on every one of its 448 million citizens, regardless of the fact that around 95% of them do not take advantage of the EU’s precious tenet of ‘freedom of movement’.

Despite this, the little-used ‘freedom of movement’ is the justification for this rapid move towards an EU superstate with a central database on all its citizens.

The thin end of the wedge

There is no doubt that the efficient use of computer systems can speed up processes and make people’s lives easier. Nonetheless, there must be a balance between efficiencies and the risk that the state can gain access to far more control over people’s lives than is desirable in free societies.

In the case of the EU Commission, this new EU ‘Digital Identity Wallet’ means them having access to the detailed personal information on all the EU27’s citizens. The Commission is a body of technocrats. The Commissioners are not elected by popular mandate and therefore they are not subject to being voted out by the electorate every five years.

Another Brexit Benefit

Thanks to Brexit, this is yet another example of EU state control avoided. We believe that most British people would favour reciprocal healthcare arrangements with EU countries (even though the costs to the taxpayer are far higher in respect of EU citizens visiting the UK than for UK citizens visiting the EU).

However this step towards every citizen’s personal details being held centrally by the EU would surely be a step too far for the majority of the British people.

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