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The vaccination rollout has been plagued by bureaucratic sclerosis, poorly-negotiated contracts, penny-pinching and blame shifting all wrapped in a shroud of secrecy. The result is a needless and embarrassing shortage of vaccines, and yet another a crisis of legitimacy for the EU. The European Commission ordered too late, limited its focus to only a few pharmaceutical companies, agreed on a price in a typically bureaucratic EU manner and completely underestimated the fundamental importance of the situation. We now have a situation where grandchildren in Israel are already vaccinated but the grandparents here are still waiting. That s just completely wrong. Markus Söder, Bavarian premier and possible future German chancellor.
The SPD also has a chance of becoming the second strongest party. Their additional exploitable potential is higher than that of the Greens.
However Mr Binkert added it is impossible to govern against the Union but said coalition options are not really far behind .
He continued: It is currently impossible to govern against the Union.
Greens Managing Director Michael Kellner (Image: Getty) But the coalition options, which currently still lack a parliamentary majority, are not really far behind. At the latest when the CDU/CSU falls below 30 percent, majorities against them will be possible.
Following the opinion polls, the Greens Managing Director Michael Kellner vowed to defeat the CDU in the upcoming election.
Cyrus Engerer says that the European Commission and European Parliament have both missed out on good opportunities to increase transparency despite calls for greater accountability
As EU countries suffer the consequences of a lethargic Covid-19 jab rollout, analysts decry a Brussels procurement process that lacked both urgency and expertise while vaccinations sprint forward in…