EU sues IBM and two European firms over troubled entry/exit border system

Lawsuit filed last year against IBM, Atos and Leonardo after delays to passengers blamed on the system, first reported in the FT


The EU has filed a lawsuit against IBM and two other companies involved in its troubled border-management system, an internal document has revealed.


The bloc’s IT agency, EU-Lisa, filed a case last year against IBM, the French IT company Atos and Italian defence contractor Leonardo, the three members of a consortium to implement and maintain the EU’s entry/exit system, which was launched in October 2025.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/09/eu-lawsuit-ibm-atos-leonardo-entry-exit-border-system