The country is a European one, but that hardly matters as the whole world seems to have agreed to implement them at roughly the same time.
That goes to show that there is a force somewhere behind pushing a global agenda.
The whole world has agreed to implement this? Wow! Where did you read about this? Did this come out of some G8/G7 meeting or something? This is the first I'm hearing about it, I didn't know that the world was having joint discussions about adding chip technology to ID cards.
Which European country are we talking about? It matters a great deal! Who's leading this effort?