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“At this phase, we need to get the vaccine before it is approved by the EMA. “That way we can avoid dependency on internal distribution within the EU. “It is important to emphasise that we are not violating any EU rule or regulation in the process.” More EU countries are turning to the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine (Image: GETTY) Russia could start shipping its Sputnik V jab to Europe before EU approval (Image: GETTY) Zagreb is currently negotiating with Moscow for a supply of at least one million doses of the Sputnik V jab. Even if the vaccine isn’t approved by EU regulator...

Pfizer this week delivered 4.8 million doses of its Covid vaccine, which is developed alongside German partner BioNTech, to the EU. This means the EU has taken delivery of around 28 million doses of the two-shot jab, EU officials told the Reuters news agency. But the bloc is still 10 million doses short of what Pfizer was said to have promised to member states since the rollout began late last year. EU sources say Pfizer committed to delivering around 3.5 million doses a week from the start of January. EU received 10 million fewer coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer than expecred (Image: GETTY) ...

Josep Borrell served on the board of Spanish energy firm Abengoa between 2009 and 2016. The company was involved in the construction of combined-cycle gas turbine power plants. During his stint with Abengoa, Mr Borrell received up to €300,000 a year. Three of Ursula von der Leyen's top EU officials have links to fossil fuel firms (Image: GETTY) European Commission Presdent Ursula von der Leyen (Image: GETTY) The Spaniard was forced to resign as the president of the European University Institute after failing to declare his interest in the firm in 2012. Mr Borrell holds a master’s degree i...

BREXIT BRITAIN has thwarted the EU's goals of becoming a global superpower by weakening the bloc, according to an expert.

“A nationality condition in a State aid scheme is plainly incompatible with the single market. “Ryanair is a truly European airline. We have no rich and powerful ‘home country’ to subsidise us in times of trouble. “Nor do we want discriminatory aid. Our instinct in a crisis is to seek efficiencies and cost savings, to offer more routes at lower fares – while remaining Europe’s greenest airline. Ryanair lashes out at EU Commission after ECJ rejects state aid complaints (Image: GETTY) Ryanair described itself as a European carrier (Image: GETTY) “During the COVID-19 pandemic ove...