{"id":458949,"date":"2026-07-06T17:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/06\/sistema-entry-exit-e-sovraffollamento-aeroporti-la-commissione-cerca-di-rimediare-al-caos-creato-dal-nuovo-meccanismo\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:10:23","slug":"commission-tries-to-remedy-chaos-in-airport-entry-exit-system-and-overcrowding-due-to-new-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/06\/commission-tries-to-remedy-chaos-in-airport-entry-exit-system-and-overcrowding-due-to-new-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission tries to remedy chaos in airport entry\/exit system and overcrowding due to new procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The European Commission admits it: the IT system for the entry and exit of third-country nationals is causing problems<\/strong><\/span>. \u201cThere is still a lot of work to be done to resolve the technical issues,\u201d said<\/a> the Commission President <\/span>Ursula von der Leyen<\/b> last Friday.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The Entry\/Exit System (EES) is an automated IT system designed to register third-country nationals travelling for short periods whenever they cross the external borders of the twenty-nine European countries that use the system. Implemented last year and <\/span><\/span>having come into full effect <\/b><\/a>on 10 April, the EES has come under criticism in recent weeks<\/span><\/span> due to operational problems at many EU border points, particularly at airports. Many complain that the switch from stamping to biometric registration (facial images and fingerprints) has made the procedures take much longer per passenger. This situation is being further exacerbated by the arrival of the summer season and the <\/span><\/span>increased traffic <\/a>in<\/span> air travel. <\/span><\/p>\n

The issue <\/span><\/span>was raised <\/a>again<\/span> today (6 July) during the European Commission\u2019s daily press briefing. One of von der Leyen\u2019s spokespeople, Markus Lammert, announced that a meeting with the airport sector will be held tomorrow<\/strong>, which will also be attended by officials from the Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs. <\/span>\u201cCommissioner Brunner is stepping up his contacts with ministers from the Member States concerned to understand exactly what kind of support is needed<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d he said, emphasising that in the space of a couple of months, the system had \u201cprevented 1,000 people\u201d identified as \u201cpotentially dangerous\u201d from entering the EU. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When asked how the Commission intends to resolve the difficulties encountered by European citizens while travelling, the spokesperson replied that \u201cin fact, the system\u2019s impact is actually limited,” as it has only been applied to “1,500 border crossing points,” compared with “almost 110 million entries and exits recorded in the 29 countries where it operates.” Furthermore, as this is \u201can aspect that must be verified and recorded on first entry,\u201d according to Lammert, \u201conce the data is in the system,\u201d subsequent entries will be processed much more quickly. The system also features \u201cinherent flexibility designed specifically for next summer,\u201d he added. This means that <\/strong><\/span>\u201cin situations of exceptionally high pressure at a particular border crossing, it is possible to temporarily suspend the recording of biometric data<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d To address the difficulties encountered at some airports\u2014\u201cwhich do not concern the entry and exit system as such\u201d, but rather their \u201cstructural issues\u201d\u2014the Commission representative raised the possibility of deploying Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, but only at the request of Member States and for the purpose of border surveillance. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Before the system was launched in October last year, \u201cthe Member States informed us that they were ready to implement it,\u201d the spokesperson reiterated; the Commission therefore proceeded \u201cwith a phased roll-out.\u201d It is now up to the Member States \u201cto implement this new system correctly everywhere, and the Commission will continue to provide assistance,\u201d he concluded. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The switch to biometric check-in takes much longer per passenger, leading to overcrowding at airports. Von der Leyen acknowledges the delays: \u201cThere is still a lot of work to be done to resolve the technical issues\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":458929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25712],"tags":[25871,30641,25937,31368,32264,33394,27742],"class_list":["post-458949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-entry-exit-system-en","tag-frontex-en-2","tag-magnus-brown-and","tag-markus-lammert-en","tag-ue","tag-ursula-von-del-leyen-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458950,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458949\/revisions\/458950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}