The President of the European Commission is being sued by the famous American newspaper. She does not want to publish her old SMS exchanges with the boss of Pfizer. These date from negotiations between the Commission and the manufacturer for coronavirus vaccines.
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Ie american newspaper
The New York Times
took legal action to force the European Commission to publish text messages exchanged between the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the boss of the manufacturer of vaccines against covid-19, Pfizer.
THE
New York Times
came across von der Leyen’s personal interference in a reconstruction of the EU’s purchase of coronavirus vaccines. The European Commission president, at a time when the world was actively searching for coronavirus vaccines amid the pandemic, reportedly brokered the billion-dollar deal with Pfizer chief Albert Bourla via text message.
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The Commission considers that the SMS do not fall within its duty of transparency and claims that it cannot recover them either. Watchdogs such as the European Ombudsman and the European Court of Auditors have already denounced the secrecy that the Commission continues to maintain. The European Parliament also insists.
