{"id":932481,"date":"2026-05-02T08:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/932481\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T08:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:04:20","slug":"eu-eases-entry-exit-system-rollout-amid-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/932481\/","title":{"rendered":"EU eases entry-exit system rollout amid delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Athens_airport_passengers_Intime.jpg\" alt=\"EU eases entry-exit system rollout amid delays\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Athens_airport_passengers_Intime.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The European Commission is allowing member-states flexible implementation of the new Entry\/Exit System (EES), launched fully April 10, amid complaints of long lines, delays, and missed flights.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission clarified this is not a suspension but \u201cbuilt-in flexibility,\u201d permitting authorities to pause time-consuming functions like biometric registration during peak periods.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson Markus Lampert noted processing averages 70 seconds, with 61 million entries and exits recorded since October.<\/p>\n<p>He said problems exist \u201cin certain member-states\u201d but most are functioning normally.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines and governments in Greece, France, Belgium, and Italy have pressed for a full suspension through September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Commission is allowing member-states flexible implementation of the new Entry\/Exit System (EES), launched fully April 10,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":932482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,12072,285,5006],"class_list":{"0":"post-932481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-foreign-affairs","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-tourism"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116503948056938070","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}