The option to share doses of the much desired vaccine could de-escalate tensions between Brussels and Downing Street following the European Commission’s threats to ban exports of the vaccine to the UK. The compromise would see precious doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine,
The ban is due to be debated virtually by leaders of the 27 EU member states on Thursday. Boris Johnson is expected to speak to his EU counterparts this week in a bid to halt the restriction. The European Commission president Ms von
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Facts4EU experts pored over EU figures after the European Commission used emergency powers to issue its Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/111 controlling the export of vaccines. Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has sought to justify the move by saying the bloc is
European leaders were divided last night over whether to press ahead with an extraordinary ban on vaccine exports to Britain. Brussels sources confirmed that the EU is ready to block a shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccine to the UK from a plant
The European Commission is considering a ban on vaccine exports from the EU to the UK, in the latest threat to Brexit Britain coming from Brussels. But speaking on Monday, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said the move would be “counterproductive”. He
Travellers face being fined £200 if they turn up at an airport without a new form under a new clampdown on illegal travel. The Department for Transport announced today that from Monday, people travelling internationally from England will need to complete and
The European Union has faced major backlash after the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine suffered major delays in most member states. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen further ramped up tension between the EU and international partners after threatening to impost
The blockade on life-saving Covid jabs is said to be driven by fears Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats could be decimated at the polls in September’s parliamentary elections. As a result of pressure from Berlin, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is
Britain’s immunisation drive would be “badly” delayed if the EU decided to impose the restriction, according to a report by the Guardian. Leaders of the 27 EU member states are set to discuss the potential ban on Thursday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is