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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Brits will be allowed to skip European airport queues by using e-gates in huge boost for holidaymakers

‘Huge progress’ had been made in agreeing ‘a mutually beneficial deal with the EU’ -

British holidaymakers will be allowed to use passport e-gates across Europe to reduce airport queues as part of a deal agreed with the EU.

But tourists will have to endure waits to have their passports stamped at many EU airports until at least October and possibly well into 2026.

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