EU is blaming everyone for failing with vaccines, not themselves

Something went wrong with distribution management. Anti-Convidian vaccines from the European Union. And yet, in his response to this failure, Brussels seems determined to blame Anyone who can, except for himself, for what happened.

“companies must hand over doses we've ordered”- said EU Commission President Ursula von der LePatching...en, while announcing the start of a <x0mechanism of export transparency of vaccine”. In reality, this plan that Aims to force companies that to report commission when vaccines leave the EU (for example In Britain, it is an attempt to pressure pharmaceutical companies that They got it. The only way to get out of this situation.

To create a favorite phrase from Brex, the statement late der Leyen seems more like having her cake and eating it. How can the EU on the one hand claim it is acting unselfishly for <x0) the common global good”, and then announce it will try to connect those who export completely legal vaccines paid by the EU with unnecessary bureaucracy? It was a master subject in Potemkin rhetoric.

But when Von der Lejen tells pharmaceutical companies that “should respect their dues”, she forgets to mention the role the EU itself played in the process of buying and distributing The vaccines. It's true: AstraZeneca has some problems with productivity Her vaccines in European factories.

But, according to its executive director, Pascal Sorio, even vaccine supplies, including Australia, the US and Great Britain, have been associated with problems similar to low productivity. The difference, which Von der Lejen does not mention, is that other countries signed earlier contracts with AstraZeneca.

And the latter means that the pharmaceutical company has had more time to address supply issues for these countries. The contract with the United Kingdom was signed three months before the EU contract, so we've had three extra months to fix all the problems we've experienced”- Sorio said in an interview for the Italian newspaper “La Repubblica”

So Von der Lejen is being insincere when she suggests that delays are solely the responsibility of the company. And as for its claim that the EU has “invested billions” to help in The development of the world's first anti-Convidian vaccines may still be magnifying the role of the EU.

EU has hardly been alone in providing funds for vaccines, and its actions They were not as unselfish as they intended to suggest Von der Lejen. Like many developed countries, the EU signed recipientiissuing orders, in exchange for a certain number of doses, if the vaccine would result in success.

This investment helped both Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer that produce their vaccines. The EU personally accepts this thing a November press release last year, where explains that the funds provided for pharmaceuticals “will be considered as a response for vaccines that will be actually purchased by member countries”.

Then there is the union's promise of providing 500m euros to COVAX -- the global initiative that has taken over the collective supplies of vaccines for lower income countries, which may not be able to provide their own.

To establish in context This donation, Britain a country with a population just over 1/10 of it The EU has promised 548 million pounds from its assistance budget. It is certain to say that the money given by the EU budget is much less than the data Von der Lejen gives in her statement.

To make matters worse, the bill that announced on Tuesday Von der Lejen is in the best short-term case and in the worst cases malicious. Such an effort aimed at controlling vaccine exports agreed on months ago shows how much Patching...is NewChoose a working directoryWordis The EU.

If the EU She is serious about her strong threats, she must face diplomatic problems that will inevitably cause this approach. British Relations - EU is already frustrated After Brex. Add this growing distance between her stay and London against China, or the fight of Small diplomatic on privileges granted to the new EU ambassador, it is easy to imagine that relations will They keep degrading.

And if the EU were to slow the exports of vaccines, Great Britain would not be alone in condemning this behavior. There are many more places you won't Snacking LightlySuch drama interventionskonian. 3.8 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine are expected to be transported to Australia before the country begins producing another 50 million in the country.

Will you aim?  The EU, which also prevents them, especially when they are at play Talks on a Free Trade Agreement, with 30 billion euros? Despite Her Efforts To argue otherwise, the EU's collective strategy with vaccines has failed.

But now, rather than deal with solving the problem ahead, Von der Lejen It seems to have made it its main mission to slow down the process, in order to give them away.opportunities for neighboring countries equipd with doses ordered earlier, in an effort to create a seemingly equality in access to vaccines.

If she is not prepared to stop completely supplies, it's hard to see what can Reach Such a policy. Which pharmaceutical company would like to open its branches in Europe when you see that this is how the EU deals with them? Von Der Lejen may follow its guilt-throw policy to others, but EU citizens will still be without their vaccines, and diplomatic positions Europe's will suffer a fatal blow. / “World.al