Some pages of the contract were almost completely redacted (Image: EU COMMISSION) Transparency and accountability are important to help build the trust of European citizens and to make sure that they can rely on the effectiveness and safety of the vaccines purchased at the EU level.
AstraZeneca and the EU signed a deal for up to 400 million doses of the vaccine.
But the firm suddenly announced cuts of up to 60 percent in supplies to the bloc last week.
It said production problems at a Belgian factory were to blame, but this triggered a furious response from the bloc.
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The European Union has reversed its decision to trigger a clause in the Brexit deal to restrict the flow of COVID-19 vaccines entering the UK.
The move could have introduced checks at the Northern Ireland border to restrict exports from Ireland, which is in the EU, into Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.
The Article 16 clause was initially devised as a last resort to alleviate serious disruption to trade in Northern Ireland after Brexit.
But the EU s plan to trigger it sparked outrage in Dublin, Belfast and London, and Brussels backtracked on the decision hours after it was announced.
URSULA VON DER LEYEN has been asked to resign after the European Commission made a grievous error over its threat to impose export controls to grab the UK s vaccine.
2021/01/27 02:04 LONDON (AP) The leader of Northern Ireland on Tuesday ordered a new independent investigation that would give voice to the survivors of church-run homes for unmarried mothers and their babies, saying they have been silenced and shamed for too long. First Minister Arlene Foster’s comments came after the publication of a government-commissioned research report that examined institutions for unmarried mothers and their children that operated from 1922 to 1990. The report said more than 10,500 women and girls, including some victims of rape and incest, entered such homes over seven decades. About one-third were 19-years-old or younger, and the youngest was 12, according to the report.