Most Germans believe the EU's political system is broken following the coronavirus vaccine debacle, a new survey has shown. Fifty-five per cent of Germans, a rise of 11 per cent since November, felt the bureaucracy had failed, the sharpest rise of any major European power. Forty-nine per cent said they had less or much less confidence in Brussels specifically as a result of its vaccines policy, according to the survey by the European Council for Foreign Relations (ECFR). Germany, which prides itself on industry, has managed to vaccinate just 46 per cent of its people - this compares to more than 60 per cent in Britain.