French may have to buy compulsory biometric ID cardsPlan for compulsary ID card could go into effect in 2007 By Peter Sayer, IDG News ServiceApril 12, 2005 PARIS -- French citizens will have to pay for new identity cards that hold their biometric information in electronic format -- and carrying the cards will become compulsory, if the minister of the interior gets his way. Last month, the government outlined its plan to replace the identity cards and passports offered to French citizens with new ones that carry a microchip containing digitized photographs and fingerprints. The plan is to introduce the...