German Vice-Chancellor Slams 'Really S***' EU Vaccine Programme
German Minister Olaf Scholz has reportedly criticised Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's vaccine programme, calling it "really s***".
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German Minister Olaf Scholz has reportedly criticised Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's vaccine programme, calling it "really s***".
1 Feb 2021 The German media has continued to criticise the EU’s handling of its vaccine programme, headed by the country’s former defence minister, with an editor from Germany’s largest-selling newspaper calling it the “biggest confidence-destroying programme in its history”. Bild‘s Peter Tiede remarked that while Europeans mocked “those strange Brexit birds with the weird Euro-populist Boris Johnson at their head”, the bloc and Germany are not laughing now, as it is “struggling with a vaccination disaster”. The UK, which decided not to remain part of the EU’s European M...
The EU’s vaccine shambles lays bare the pitfalls of the centralised European project The i 2/1/2021 Mark Wallace © Provided by The i This isnât Ursula von der Leyenâs first disaster (Photo: Francois Walschaerts, Pool via AP) The EU’s behaviour over the last week has alarmed even many of its natural supporters. Having taken over responsibility for the Union’s vaccination programme from member states – sacrificing a headstart to do so – by all accounts Brussels proceeded to make a resounding pig’s ear of the job. The European Commission appeared to hav...