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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 isn’t Ursula von der Leyen’s 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...

Updated: 31 Jan 2021, 10:31 Invalid Date, THREE major players in Europe find their heads on the block today over their disastrous Covid jab roll-out. 4 Germany has given out 2.2 million doses while the UK has vaccinated 8.8 million - pictured is German Chancellor Angela MerkelCredit: Getty Images - Getty And European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen faces huge pressure after her bungled attempt to impose a hard vaccine border on the island of Ireland. It comes as Eurosceptics in the UK predicted the ultimate destruction of the EU within the next few years. Tory MP Peter Bone last ni...

“The fundamental importance of this situation has been completely underestimated.” German newspaper Bild also lashed the EU as columnist Peter Tiede claimed the contract signed with AstraZeneca was “a declaration of bankruptcy for Brussels, an indictment of the 27 member states. An insult to Europe and all of us”. Over in France, Mr Macron faced more backlash after he incorrectly said the AstraZeneca vaccine was ineffective for people over 65 Newspaper Le Figaro pointed out the UK's success as it ran with the headline: “Vaccination: Brexit 1, Brussels 0”. EU countries including Fr...