Well... that didn't last long. Just a day after Cyprus was preparing to say goodbye to parents' names on new biometric ID cards, the government has hit reverse.
I really doubt that - it totally makes sense to not have that. And there will be many cases where children do not want everybody to know who their parents are. They might be the children of some celebrity. Or some known murderer. Or just want to cut the contact with some notoriously difficult parents.
Who wants to keep this? I’m worried there is some racism involved in this.
Why assume the worst? Also in Europe xenophobia/nationalism is usually the driver of many decisions
That’s standard in Spain and Portugal. No one ever complained.
I really doubt that - it totally makes sense to not have that. And there will be many cases where children do not want everybody to know who their parents are. They might be the children of some celebrity. Or some known murderer. Or just want to cut the contact with some notoriously difficult parents.
We have only the mother’s maiden name.
It’s one of the data that identifies you:
Who is “we”, Spain and/or Portugal?
In Germany, we only have your own name at birth if you’re married
[b]:Hungary
No idea why you need your parents details on YOUR id-card.