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Last week, the EU sought help in the US to try and give its vaccine rollout some momentum after controversy over the AstraZeneca jab. The Anglo-Swedish company slashed the amount of doses it would deliver to the EU earlier this year, leading to a tense political row. In January, French President Emmanuel Macron falsely claimed the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was quasi-ineffective for over-65s, hours before it was approved by regulators for use on all adults in the EU. But ta
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Israel s vaccination programme has been praised as the country begins to open up. About 40 percent of the country s population has been vaccinated, contrasting greatly with the rollout in the EU. Germany and France have fully inoculated around three percent of their population as Europe continues to struggle with the rollout. Austria and Denmark appear to have lost patience due to the delay, as Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz indicated last week. He said: “We must prepar
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Given that the UK was a major player in the EU before leaving in 2020, Brexit is sure to change the dynamic of the bloc. This will be felt in Sweden and Denmark in particular, given the Scandinavian countries close alignment with Britain when it come to European issues. When the EU was negotiating its coronavirus recovery fund, professor of political science Marlene Wind said the two countries had united having previously relied on the UK. She said: “Until now we have been hiding be
THE EUROPEAN UNION risked backlash from one of its prominent members after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte demanded there be an exit clause from the eurozone.
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Post-Brexit relations between the UK and EU have become tense once more as Brussels warns it will launch legal action against Britain very soon . The move comes after the Government decided to unilaterally delay the implementation of part of the Brexit deal relating to Northern Ireland. The Government will extend the grace period on checks to allow Northern Irish businesses more time to adjust. Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland secretary, announced the “new operation plan�