EES Delay Should Make Holidaymakers Happy

Holidaymakers travelling to Europe this summer will be spared the anticipated longer queues at European borders, after the EU announced a delay to the rollout of the Entry/Exit System (EES).

The new EES delay – which was predicted in the November 2022 edition of IDN – will require travellers from outside the bloc to record their photos and scan their fingerprints. The system was due to be introduced in May but has now been pushed back until at least the end of the year.

The news will be welcomed by British holidaymakers, in particular, who are booking overseas trips in record numbers after nearly three years of COVID-hit travel.

It also comes as Brexit talks between the UK and EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol have shown signs of improvement in recent weeks, with hopes of a deal by the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in April.