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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julia Kollewe

Rome airports threaten to suspend new EU passport system to avoid summer ‘disaster’

Digital screens above passport control gates at Venice Airport display blue EU flags and 'CITIZENS' text
Passport control for international flights at Venice. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Rome’s airports will have to suspend the EU’s new digital border system for non-EU citizens to avoid a “disaster” during the peak tourism summer months, according to the head of the airports company.

Marco Troncone said that allowing passengers to skip the biometric entry-exit system (EES) was the only way of avoiding travel chaos over the summer amid warnings from other European airport officials.

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