European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has threatened to block vaccine exports to the UK and other countries with markedly higher rollouts of coronavirus jabs.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 17, 2021
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There are millions of unused doses of AZ vaccine sitting on the shelves in Europe, the use of the vaccine has been suspended (despite the assurances of the EMA that it is safe) and now vdL threatens global supplies.
Aside from the fact that her threats have no legal basis, she neglects to mention that a blockade of supplies and components of supplies will hinder factories outwith the EU blockade zone from manufacturing the vaccines; which in turn means that the supplies of the vaccine to the EU will be negatively impacted.
It is little wonder that UK cabinet ministers are now of the view that, until she is removed from office, there is little chance of an improvement in relations with the EU; in fact we can expect things to worsen.
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