EU Commission: Airports and member states to blame for travel delays, not EES

The European Commission is rejecting claims that the new digital Entry/Exit System (EES) is responsible for major delays observed at some European airports, placing the main responsibility on long-standing infrastructure and staffing weaknesses at the airports themselves and at national authorities.

Responding to questions from journalists, the Commission’s spokesperson for Home Affairs, Markus Lammert, said the EES is operating smoothly at the vast majority of the European Union’s border...