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EU to discuss US vaccine patent plan at Friday summit RAF CASERT, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen removes her protective face mask prior to meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. (Yves Herman, Pool via AP)Yves Herman/APShow MoreShow Less 2of6French President Emmanuel Macron talks to the press as he visits a giant vaccination center against the Covid-19 during its inauguration at Porte de Versailles convention centre in Paris, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (Christophe Ar...

Yesterday Iglesias received a letter threatening him and his family, in an envelope containing four bullets. Similar threats were sent to the Minister of Interior of the coalition Government, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and the Director of Guardia Civil, María Gámez. “Yet again, the shocking tactics of far-right terrorists have been put on horrific display,” said Left Co-Presidents Manon Aubry and Martin Schirdewan on behalf of the group. “As democrats, as anti-fascists, we stand firm against this violence and the political hate speech that fuels it. Pablo Iglesias has our full solida...

The European Parliament will honour the late, great resistance fighter Manolis Glezos by naming a room in his memory. The Left made the request as a tribute to the remarkable life of this former MEP who fought against fascism and Nazism and remained a leading figure of the European Left right up until his death at 97 last year. Manolis will endure as a symbol of anti-fascist resistance, for freedom & democracy. Throughout his life, Manolis Glezos was an inspiration and example in the struggle for freedom, democracy and social justice – a fact that has been appreciated and respected by all ...

The Left group in the European Parliament wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen inviting her to attend their group meeting tomorrow to answer questions about the EU’s botched Covid-19 vaccination drive. The Commission has been avoiding Parliament and public scrutiny over the contracts it has signed with pharmaceutical companies, resisting the publication of the contracts and refusing to lift Intellectual Property Rights to ramp up production. Last night it emerged that von der Leyen has agreed to appear at closed-door meetings with some groups in the European Parliamen...

all vaccines-supply contracts it has signed with pharmaceutical companies for public scrutiny. There are many questions about the terms of the contract, including the price citizens are being made to pay for the vaccines as well as the liability the companies have assumed. For months, Left MEPs have demanded that the contracts be made public, with the Commission refusing to budge. It has now allowed only partial access and to only one of the contracts. Manon Aubry, Co-President of the Left group in the European Parliament, said the decision for partial access is not enough: “Transparency is...