EMMANUEL MACRON s closest ally, Clement Beaune, attracted criticism at home and from Russia after he urged EU member states not to use Moscow s Sputnik V vaccine.
Bartolo calls for more concrete EU engagement in Libya to support economic recovery maltatoday.com.mt - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from maltatoday.com.mt Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
| UPDATED: 09:30, Wed, Feb 10, 2021
Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again
SUBSCRIBE Invalid email
When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Thomas Byrne, Ireland’s European Affairs Minister, spoke to BBC’s Emily Maitlis about the coronavirus vaccine row and said it was a “mistake”. The European Commission temporarily triggered an article in the Brexit trade deal’s Northern Ireland Protocol on January 29 which suspended the country’s access to the EU’s single market. It was revoked the same day after outrage from Ireland and the UK.
Nicolas Bouzou : Les vaccins et le déni européen lexpress.fr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lexpress.fr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Reuters Reuters
1 February, 2021, 8:35 am
FILE PHOTO: A No Hard Border poster is seen below a road sign on the Irish side of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland near Bridgend, Ireland October 16, 2019. Picture taken October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – EU officials confessed on Saturday to a “blunder” in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a showdown with Britain over vaccines, and London said it expected its supply of COVID-19 shots would not be interrupted.
The European Union has fallen far behind Britain and the United States in the race to vaccinate its public. It announced on Friday it would impose export controls on vaccines, widely seen as a threat to prevent doses from being sent to Britain.