The European Union is divided on the issue of whether to enforce full body scanners at airports or not. Some countries such as Italy, Britain, and Netherlands joined the U.S with the plans of installing scanners whereas others like Spain and Belgium remain skeptical about the plan. Germany and France didn’t express any opinions yet although German Interior Ministry spokesman mentioned that there has to be a thorough study of whether such scanning will improve the security, if there are any health risks and if it will harm individual’s rights. The security measures at airports had increased after a Nigerian man Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight which was its on way to Detroit on Christmas Day from Amsterdam.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/world/europe/08scanners.html?ref=world
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