EU Relations Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has written to Berlin and The Hague in a bid to get the e-gates up and running by summer as the Government looks to deliver benefits from its deal with Brussels as quickly as possible.
The i Paper understands Thomas-Symonds’ letters to Germany and the Netherlands contained a similar message and that he is also considering writing to more countries, including travel hotspots like Spain and France, while balancing diplomatic sensitivity.
But the arrangement still has to be signed off by individual member states, meaning there is no guarantee it will be in place by the summer holidays.
In some European airports, such as in Portugal, British visitors are allowed to use e-gates but still have to get their passports stamped because of Brexit restrictions that limit visa-free visits to the EU to 180 days a year, or 90 days at a time.
Starmer’s Brexit reset deal with Brussels this week formally noted that there are “no legal barriers to e-gate use for British nationals traveling to and from European Union member states” after the introduction of EES.
But the Prime Minister said he would be “pressing hard” for member states to throw open e-gates to British travellers sooner, in a bid to help those on their summer getaways.
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