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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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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
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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�