For more than a month, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen communicated by text with Pfizer chief Albert Bourla as they negotiated a “massive” vaccine contract that ended with a European Union commitment to buy up to nearly 2 billion shots.
“The deal was backed by all EU governments, but was later called into question by some of them who are now trying to renegotiate or cut supplies from Pfizer and other vaccine makers amid a slump in vaccination and growing risks of wastage,” The Jerusalem Post reported.
While von der Leyen had exchanged the texts with Bourla in April 2021, now that she’s being asked to produce them by a journalist, they are nowhere to be found.
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The Jerusalem Post June 29, 2022