“If we take a look at the number of people who have had both injections in the UK and the EU, France included, we see that the number of fully vaccinated people is lower in the UK.
“The British have taken more risks, which has allowed them to go faster. What is happening in the UK is not something I would like to have here. It’s a strategy of massive vaccination with more risks.”
Britain has administered almost 16 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, more than 22 percent of the entire population.
France is lagging behind having only delivered just 2.8 million doses – five-times fewer than the UK – at a rate of 4.42 – slower than the EU average.
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The Commission President was forced to apologise, more than once, after she engaged in a bitter contractual row with the Oxford vaccine producer AstraZeneca. The row escalated when Mrs von der Leyen threatened the UK with vaccine export bans against Northern Ireland by triggering Article 16 of the Brexit protocol. The move was swiftly retracted and the contracts with AstraZeneca were published after MEPs demanded clarity from the EU chief.
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The French President has come under huge pressure with France lagging behind several other countries in vaccinating its tens of millions of citizens. This situation hasn t been helped by the chaotic rollout from the European Union, which ignited a row with vaccine maker AstraZeneca over severe production issues for the bloc. On Wednesday, French MEP and member of The Republicans outlined the desperate situation facing France when he tweeted the latest figures from Covid Tracker w
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Mark Dolan discussed the European Union’s vaccination programme and the recent row regarding the UK’s financial sector and its access to the bloc. Mr Dolan revealed that while he voted for remain, it was becoming obvious to him that he should have voted for the other side as he watches Europe struggle to roll out vaccines. Speaking with political commentator Calvin Robinson, the pair dismantled the recent moves from the EU and the benefits of being outside of it.