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Europe Won't Suspend EES Despite Summer Travel Delays
SOURCE: TRAVEL PULSE, 7/9

The European Union has rejected calls from airlines and airports to suspend the continent's troubled new digital entry/exit system (EES) amid the peak summer travel period.

Despite acknowledging some 20 "difficult spots," according to The Guardian, officials argue that a full suspension of EES is "not needed" and "not possible."

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