UK vaccine success ‘got under skin’ of von der Leyen says expert The study found 26 percent of people in German said the European Commission President was the reason there were not enough jabs available across the bloc. The Brussels joint buy-up
During crisis talks over the bloc’s jabs fiasco, the top Eurocrat struggled to keep her export ban on Covid vaccines alive amid fears the plans could trigger a global trade war. Before the summit she tweeted that it would “ensure that Europeans get
The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke on Thursday evening after EU leaders met for a summit. The EU’s slow vaccine rollout, which was organised by the Commission, has been blamed on pharmaceutical companies for not delivering on their promises. However,
But warned Commission President Ursula von der Leyen she risks triggering a global trade war that would be detrimental to the EU’s supplies. During crisis talks over the bloc’s vaccines fiasco, the top eurocrat received the backing of member states to make
The EU has come under fire over its slow and chaotic vaccine programme, which has seen Brussels threaten to block exports of jabs to the UK. And the row has even sparked criticism from Europhiles who have hit out at the bloc.
Hardline EU nations want the European Commission President to further toughen restrictions on Covid jabs being sent abroad amid growing anger over the bloc’s shambolic rollout. It comes as she is set to outline new plans for the EU’s so-called “Transparency and
The German Chancellor admitted the EU “has a problem” with the Anglo-Swedish vaccine producers but supported the Commission President’s decision to ban jabs exports to the UK should it come to that. Mrs Merkel said: “I support Commission President Ursula von der
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
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