# EU sues IBM and two European companies over troubled border system, FT reports

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/eu-sues-ibm-and-two-european-companies-over-troubled-border-system-ft-reports/
- Published: 2026-11-09T06:27:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T07:35:40+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/eu-sues-ibm-and-two-european-companies-over-troubled-border-system-ft-reports-6535541
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- EU-Lisa has sued IBM, Atos and Leonardo over EES development delays.
- The dispute concerns delivery delays, not current system operations.
- The 2019 contract covered implementation and maintenance of the border system.

## Summary

The EU’s agency for managing major IT systems, EU-Lisa, has sued IBM, France’s Atos and Italy’s Leonardo over repeated delays in developing the bloc’s Entry/Exit System (EES), according to a Financial Times report. The case concerns delays during development; EU-Lisa said it has no impact on the system’s current operation.

The EES electronically records when non-EU nationals enter and leave the Schengen area, which covers 29 countries, and is intended to identify visa overstayers, combat identity fraud and curb illegal migration. EU-Lisa awarded a six-year contract to a consortium including IBM Belgium, Atos Belgium and Leonardo in 2019. Atos Belgium and IBM Belgium later disputed a fine and argued that external factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, caused delays; the companies also challenged revised deadlines in 2022. Reuters said it could not immediately verify the report.

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