Missed flights and more means something has got to give at the border

Greece is taking a flexible approach to introducing the European Union’s biometric Entry/Exit System (EES), after some British passport holders missed flights home following the system’s implementation on 10 April.

On 20 April, the Hellenic Police said it had started to fully deploy EES and Greece will use all necessary measures to manage traffic at border crossings in accordance with the regulations. The UK government updated its travel advice on the same day: “Greek authorities have indicated that they will not collect biometric data (fingerprints and photos) for UK travellers as part of EES” although passengers should “follow the advice of authorities on the ground”.

The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder said EES regulations allow flexibility to suspend biometric data collection at specific places for limited periods of time, yet the European Commission does not expect blanket exemptions for citizens of specific countries for extended periods.

EES went live in October last year, causing launch-day queues at Prague’s international airport.

Many countries phased it in, but its use became compulsory on 10 April. Since then some Brits have missed flights due to border control delays caused by the system, including around 100 passengers due to take an Easyjet flight from Milan Linate to Manchester on 12 April and a smaller number trying to travel with Ryanair from Milan Bergamo to Manchester on 16 April.

“The issues some passengers have experienced are unacceptable and so we continue to urge border authorities to ensure they make full and effective use of the permitted flexibilities for as long as needed, so our customers’ travel plans are not impacted,” Easyjet said in a statement.

The airline will transfer passengers delayed by EES to other flights it provides for free, something it offered to a Register staffer and his family when they were delayed trying to fly from Paris to London Gatwick on 10 April. As replacement flights were not available until 15 days later, our vulture decided to catch a Eurostar instead.

Airport operator group ACI Europe and Airlines for Europe, which includes Easyjet, Ryanair and British Airways parent company International Airlines Group, said some passengers have waited two to three hours due to the system.

“Border control authorities must be allowed to fully suspend the EES when waiting times become excessive,” said the heads of the two organizations. “This is essential not only in the coming weeks, but throughout the peak summer travel season.”

As of 10 April, the European Commission said that EES had registered more than 52 million entries and exits, refused entry to more than 27,000 individuals (about 0.1 percent of those trying to enter) and identified more than 700 as security risks.

The EU has built a Travel to Europe app allowing those required to use EES to undertake some of the process in advance. However, so far only Sweden and Portugal are accepting its use. ®

Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/04/24/greeces-flexible-approach-to-europe-biometric-entry-system/5224710

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From 12 October, all visitors to all European Union countries will have their biometric data collected and stored by a centralised agency.  This agency will not only collect data on our movements but will also collect data from the criminal and justice systems.  In the future, it will also be collecting data from air carriers in advance on passengers.

EU’s Technocratic Border Controls

On 30 July, the EU Commission published a press release about “the progressive start of operations of the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES)” which will be launched on 12 October.  This new EES will affect all non-EU nationals who travel to 29 European countries that make up the Schengen area.

“The EES is an advanced technological system that will digitally record the entries and exits of non-EU nationals … It will capture biometric data, such as fingerprints, facial image, and other travel information, gradually replacing the current system of passport stamping,” the press release states.

Going on to say, “From 12 October onwards, Member States will start introducing the EES gradually over a period of six months. Border authorities will progressively register the data of third country nationals crossing the borders … At the end of this period, the EES will be fully deployed at all border crossing points.”

Highlighting this new development in the article ‘Travel Notice: EU to Launch New Entry/Exit System on 12 Oct. 2025’, Epimetheus summed it up, “It’s just like the Covid Passport sh*tshow all over again.”

Along with forcing visitors onto a biometric surveillance system, the EU Commission also plans to increase its entry permit fees.  Epimethieus highlighted an article published by Heute last month (emphasis added):

The new EU entry system is scheduled to come into force at the end of 2026. As part of this, the entry fee is to be increased.

The EU Commission intends to increase the price of entry permits into the EU. Instead of the current seven euros, the price for the planned European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) will be 20 euros in the future.

That increase from the seven euros estimated in 2018 is due, according to the Commission, to account for increased inflation and additional operating costs …  According to the Commission, the increased fee is based on entry systems in other countries. [So not cost-based but rather how much they think they can get away with.]

[ETIAS] is mandatory for non-EU citizens from countries that do not require a visa, including the UK, Canada, and the US.

Almost tripled – entry into the EU becomes more expensive, Heute, 18 July 2025

The EU Commission’s recent press release also mentions ETIAS:

The EES is part of the EU’s Smart Borders package, which aims to improve the management of the EU’s external borders by using state-of-the-art technology and innovative solutions. The package includes the EES, the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), and an extended and more harmonised use of the Automated Border Control (ABC) systems utilised by the Member States.

Press Release: Commission sets the launch date for the Entry/Exit System to 12 October 2025, European Commission, 30 July 2025

“When the EU Commission speaks of the Smart Borders ‘package’, what is meant is more than the things spoken about above,” Epimetheus said, going on to detail some information about the agency that is in charge of developing and operating the ETIAS and EES systems.

Eu-LISA

The European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (“eu-LISA”) “manages large-scale IT systems that support the implementation of the EU’s policies.”  According to its website:

The Agency’s portfolio includes the European Asylum Dactyloscopy Database (Eurodac), the Schengen Information System (SIS), and the Visa Information System (VIS).

eu-LISA’s mandate was broadened in 2018 to implement Interoperability between existing and new systems, including the Entry/Exit System (EES), the European Travel Information Authorisation System (ETIAS), the European Criminal Records Information System – Third Country Nationals (ECRIS-TCN), as well as the Joint Investigation Teams Collaboration Platform (JITs CP). In 2024, the Agency took over the management of e-Justice Communication via Online Data Exchange (e-CODEX).

Systems and tools that are to be developed in the near future include the Advance Passenger Information Router (API), the Prüm II router for automated data exchange for police cooperation, and the EU Visa Application Portal (VAP).

Further to the evolution and development of individual systems, eu-LISA has been tasked with ensuring the interoperability of large-scale IT systems. Interoperability and its components will provide faster and more reliable data to both border management and law enforcement authorities, be they at a desk or out in the field.

Core Activities, eu-LISA

That’s a lot of information about any particular person collected and controlled by one agency. This should raise alarm bells for everyone, including non-EU citizens who choose to, or as part of their employment, travel to the EU.

Eu-LISA’s Management

The head of eu-LISA, who Epimetheus says will take office on 1 October, is Tillmann Keber.

Keber is taking over from Interim Executive Director, Marili Männik, who was appointed on 16 August 2024.  Before Männik, Luca Zampaglione acted as Interim Executive Director for a month.  Before Zampaglione, there was Agnès Diallo, who stayed in the Executive Director role for a year, another Interim Director, Luca Tagliaretti, and Krum Garkov, who had been eu-LISA’s Executive Director from 2012 to 2022.

You can read a very brief biography for Garkov archived from eu-LISA’s website HERE.  Worryingly, his LinkedIn profile shows that he is now with Grenoble Ecole de Management which offers 50 educational programmes in French and English that cover all levels of study from undergraduate to graduate, doctoral and continuing education.

Why have we gone through the trouble of tracing the directorship back to and highlighting Garkov?  Because of what he said in 2021.

Epimetheus highlighted a section from eu-LISA’s digital newsletter, ‘Bits & Bytes’, which is no longer because in 2025, “it has become part an integral part of the eu-LISA website.”  In the third issue, Garkov said:

Although I am sure we all miss the good old days, I am certain that we cannot go back to what used to be normal back in 2019. Instead, we must embrace this crisis as an opportunity to bring changes to the passenger journey, making it even more efficient, seamless, and secure.

Krum Garkov, Executive Director in the eu-LISA Bits & Bytes, December 2021

Does that sound like something Klaus Swab and his gang of bandits at the World Economic Forum (“WEF”) would say?

Epimetheus noted the three main aspects discussed in the third issue of Bits & Bytes:

• Lessons learned from Covid-19, i.e., Covid Passports for Everyone!
• Invisible Borders, described as “a game-changer.”
• The EU needs to take the lead in the AI domain.

Eu-LISA’s Partners

“eu-LISA pursues to extend and foster relationships with all relevant parties, most often referred to as stakeholders, including EU Member States and Associated Countries, EU Institutions (in particular EU Council, European Commission and European Parliament), EU Agencies as well as international organisations, the academia, research organisations, non-governmental organisations and the media.”—Our Partners, eu-LISA

The above statement appears as if they are being transparent.  However, the only partners that eu-LISA goes on to give any details about are EU Agencies, Justice and Home Affairs Agencies Network (JHAAN Presidency), EU Institutions and EU Member States.  There are no details on research organisations, non-governmental organisations or media that eu-LISA has partnered with.

So, Epimetheus has done a bit of digging and found a June 2025 eu-LISA “Industry Roundtable” being advertised on Facebook:

The second point in the description included in the image above reads: “Industry insights from Capgemini, Gartner, NTT DATA, Inc., Deloitte, Palo Alto Neighbours, SAS, Sopra Steria, Nutanix, Red Hat, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Fortinet.”  Indicating these companies are at least collaborating with eu-LISA, if not a partner.

“With the exception of Sopra Steria, all listed companies have confirmed contracts with the US government … primarily in IT, cloud computing, cybersecurity, analytics, and/or advisory services,” Epimetheus pointed out. “Some companies – like Amazon Web Services has CIA and National Security Agency (NSA) contracts – while others, such as Palo Alto Networks, are similarly significant US government contractors.”  Epimetheus continued:

Why on God’s green Earth would the EU team up with these intelligence community-linked partners?

Well, the one reason is – intelligence cooperation, run through the private sector in the absence of any formal arrangements (that exist, such as Interpol).

This also, very likely, means that all biometric data thus collected will end up on US government-operated/contractor servers, which means it will be widely shared among US allies and partners.

Travel Notice: EU to Launch New Entry/Exit System on 12 Oct. 2025, Epimetheus, 4 August 2025

Just because Sopra Steria isn’t part of the US government network, it doesn’t mean it isn’t onboard with the centralised control agenda.  “Promoted content” written by Sopra Steria’s Chief Technology Officer, Mohammed Sijelmassi, and published by Euractiv in 2023 stated:

Cybersecurity has always been a matter of national security but the recent geopolitical developments have made it clear that it is vital to ensure a degree of [European] independence.

We need European vendors … Together we need to work on the availability of cybersecurity professionals and training facilities, a more integrated response system, and an ecosystem of European vendors.

We also need to work together on future challenges, which is to face upgraded state sponsored attacks, post-quantum cryptography and AI.

None of this is easy. But I believe that Europe already has what it needs at its disposal. It just needs to pull its resources together.

Towards a European Cybersecurity Ecosystem, Mohammed Sijelmassi, 24 January 2023

We need to realise that there is a global conspiracy to collect, centralise and control our personal data.  Not at the national level but at the supranational level.  Once they have control over our data and all our activities are conducted or recorded online, they have control over every aspect of our lives, first regionally and then progressing to globally.  First at the European Union level, and then progressing to the United Nations level.  The involvement of private corporations and non-governmental organisations is part of the plan.  It is the UN-WEF public-private partnership model for global governance under a One World Government.

As Epimetheus wondered, will people simply comply, or will they resist and stop travelling to the EU?

Source: https://expose-news.com/2025/08/06/eus-technocratic-border-control-will-be-launched-in-october-it-applies-to-all-non-eu-visitors/

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