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“European citizens have the feeling that they have been misled by some pharmaceutical companies, I am thinking above all of AstraZeneca.” According to EU sources, the Prime Minister said so Mario draghi during the European Council in videoconference with Brussels, where he argued the need not to remain defenseless in the face of unfulfilled commitments by some pharmaceutical companies.
During the session, the premier, we learned from EU sources, then went over the highlights of the history of the AstraZeneca vaccines found in the Anagni plant and asked Ursula von der Leyen if she thinks it is correct that the doses located in Belgium and the Netherlands are still destined for the European Union, in whole or in part. In this sense, in his reply, von der Leyen reassured the prime minister: the doses produced in the EU will be destined for the EU. The Italian prime minister, we still know from the sources, gave his “full support” to von der Leyen’s proposal to strengthen the European vaccine export mechanism.
During the Eurosummit discussion on the international role of the euro, Draghi explained how the absolute priority should be not to make mistakes during the economic recovery, sources explain. “We must design a fiscal policy framework that is capable of getting us out of the crisis,” the Italian prime minister said according to sources. Draghi then asked for an example from the United States. “In the United States they have a capital markets union, a complete banking union and a safe asset,” he emphasized, adding that these elements are the key to the international role of the dollar.
Draghi then emphasized the importance of creating a common European title: “I know the road is long, but we have to start walking. It is a long-term goal, but it is important to have a political commitment,” he said. to the sources.
The prime minister then fully shared the European Commission’s proposal to introduce a digital green certificate, and also invited to investigate some possible obstacles to the implementation of the project. “Member States will need all the help that the Commission can give,” Draghi recalled, “because having national platforms and making them interoperable is not a trivial result.” Draghi also invited leaders to reflect on how to address the potential risks of discrimination between people caused by the introduction of the certificate.
The Eurosummit between the EU heads of state and government included the participation of the President of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, and the president of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, who was formally on the agenda tomorrow morning.
GB: “Exclusive contract with AstraZeneca”
The UK has an “exclusive” contract with AstraZeneca for the supply of the coronavirus vaccine, while the European Union has signed one based on the “best efforts” of the pharmaceutical company. For this reason, the agreements concluded by the British government would prevail over the Europeans. British Health Minister Matt Hancock said in an interview with the Financial Times, explaining that London and Brussels are trying to resolve the dispute over the delivery of doses of the Anglo-Swedish vaccine.
However, Hancock added, the European Union should not suspend exports to Great Britain of the vaccine produced in the Dutch plant, precisely because of the nature of the contractual agreements signed with the pharmaceutical company. “I believe that nations based on free trade follow contract law,” said the British minister. “They have a ‘best efforts’ contract and we have an exclusivity agreement,” Hancock said, adding that “our contract overrides theirs. It’s called contract law. It’s very simple,” said the Health head. British.
Hancock’s interview follows yesterday’s controversy between London and Brussels, which then seems to have subsided with the publication of a joint note in which the parties assure that they seek a satisfactory situation for all, to “extend the supply of vaccines to all our citizens “. .
Dosi AstraZeneca in Anagni, “Catalent has suffered an avalanche”
Catalent “has hired a flood of staff to work on filling vaccines since July” from what Adnkronos learns. 29 million doses of Astrazeneca were found in the Anagni company, monitored by the police since yesterday, ready to be filled and shipped: England, Belgium or developing countries.
A truck with NL (Dutch) registration left the factory in the morning. Shortly before the truck with a Dutch registration, another truck, Italian, specialized in “transporting national and international medicines at controlled temperatures”, left the doors of the Frosinone company.
There is anger and doubts among the citizens of Frosinone for a mystery that still does not have a certain explanation. “It can’t be”, “I’m still waiting for them to call me to get the vaccine”, “I really hope these doses don’t all come out of Italy”, “Who is behind?” a common game ”.
It is impossible to enter or approach the establishment. From what Adnkronos learns, “Catalent -explains the owner of a hotel- has hired an avalanche of personnel since July to work on the inflation of vaccines. This does not surprise me, it surprises me that here, without having the doses, millions of they pass. With 30 million and those already administered, we could have vaccinated all Italians … “.
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