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The coronavirus pandemic has seen the EU s economic divisions come to light as the bloc suffers a recession. Throughout 2020, leaders negotiated a recovery fund worth over £500billion designed to stimulate the economy. But member states clashed over spending, distribution of the fund and the rule of law, leading to a standoff between Hungary, Poland and the rest of the bloc. Economic differences have existed for decades in the EU, with northern nations generally advocating restricted spending and southern countries calling for inves
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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has fanned the flames in the UK-EU vaccine feud today as she threatened to block exports to Britain.She said all options are on the table to boost the EU s stuttering immunisation campaign, including moves to halt exports to countries which have higher vaccination rates than us .The EU chief added: We are still waiting for doses to come from the UK, so this is an invitation to show us that there are also doses from the UK coming to the European Union. Open roads run in bot
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The bloc s internal relations soured over the weekend as member states split over the vaccine rollout. On Friday, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that vaccine doses were not being spread evenly among member states despite an agreement within the bloc to do so according to population. Addressing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel, he claimed that the rollout isn t equal . He said: In recent days . we have
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The implementation of the Brexit trade deal has resulted in huge impacts on both sides of the English Channel. The UK has seen its trade with Europe encounter increased bureaucracy as fishermen and figures in the haulage industry rage at the new trading relationship. Last month, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) said loads on lorries going through British ports to the EU had fallen by as much as 68 percent in January 2021 compared to January 2020. The Government challenged this claim, but Cabinet figures do sugges
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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