EU Threatens to Restrict Exports of Vaccines, Blocking Shipments to UK
26 Jan 2021
Brussels has ordered all drugs manufacturers producing vaccines against the Chinese coronavirus in the bloc to inform them before exporting to non-EU nations, giving the bloc powers to stop exports to countries including the UK.
The move came as a result of anger in Brussels when Pfizer announced that it would be providing 50 million fewer doses a reduction of 60 per cent to the political bloc due to manufacturing problems at its Belgian labs.
On Monday, Brussels, the capital of the European Union which hosts many of the bloc’s administrative power structures, told Pfizer and other drugs firms operating in the Union that it must supply “early notification” of exports of vaccines, according to
Anti-Lockdown Parties Emerge in Hungary
As frustration with strict coronavirus restrictions grows worldwide, more and more political parties are trying to reach out to people who oppose lockdown measures. In Hungary, the far-right party Mi Hazánk is trying to address this group of voters, but a new party tied to Hungary’s most well-known coronavirus skeptic also seems to be emerging.
On Sunday, Dutch police clashed with anti-lockdown protesters in Amsterdam and Eindhoven, which was the second Sunday in a row that law enforcement officers had to fight off citizens angry about the covid restrictions in the country.
As a result of the increasing unrest in the past months, similar demonstrations had been reported in many other European countries including the UK, Germany, and Poland as well.
BREXIT has appeared to spark those wishing to leave the EU in Italy into action, as the Italexit party s Facebook Page has exponentially grown in just a few months.
23 Jan 2021
Britain’s Socialist Workers Party (SWP) was censored from Facebook on Friday, as Silicon Valley tech giants turn their censorship apparatus upon the radical left in the U.S. and the UK.
The leftist party claimed in a statement that they were “silenced” by Facebook for expressing opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and expressing support for Black Lives Matter and Palestine. Facebook did not give a reason for shutting down the SWP’s page.
Facebook “bowed to pressure” from “socialists, trade unionists and campaigners”, and reinstated the party’s main page after a short period, the SWP said in a statement.