A reader sends in links to more comments about the EU Court’s ruling that the use of fingerprints in passports is legal:
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/reisepass-aergerlicher-richterspruch-zum-fingerabdruck-1.1797489 (Google translation into English)
http://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2013/10/19/eu-gericht-erzwingt-reisepass-mit-fingerabdruecken/ (Google translation into English)
You can find the court’s preliminary ruling (all languages) here.
Press releases (all languages) can be found here.