Event Brief
9 countries urge Brussels to ease new border checks
Filed: Jul 08, 2026 at 2:08 PM ET
Summary: Nine countries asked Brussels to delay easing emergency safeguards for new biometric border checks rollout.
WHO: Governments of nine countries
WHAT: Asked Brussels to ease the rollout of new border checks and not phase out emergency safeguards yet
WHEN: Jul 08, 2026 at 1:02 PM ET
WHERE: Brussels
WHY: They said the bloc is not ready to phase out emergency safeguards amid disruption from the new biometric border system.
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