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Deep divisions inside Brussels have emerged in recent weeks as member states turn on European Union officials for its botched handling of the coronavirus vaccine rollout. Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, admitted that there had been flaws in the bloc s approach to delivering jabs to citizens, as a huge row opened up with drug firm AstraZeneca. Ms von der Leyen installed temporary rules which restricts the exporting of vaccines that were made by EU members, af
Ms Le Pen said: We are above all paying for the abandonment of our sovereignty in favour of other emerging powers in globalisation.
French citizens speaking to RT also vented their anger at Mr Macron s handling, where only 2.5 percent of the population has been vaccinated, compared to 15.5 percent in the UK.
One person said: It is a loss, it is a shame for us. We have missed the mark. We have missed a good chance for us in France.
Another person told RT: England is better ,managed because it has been liberated from the European Union and these enormous constraints that constitute the EU.
THE EUROPEAN UNION was warned Sweden would miss the UK s political clout by a senior economist who predicted Stockholm could follow Britain out of the bloc.
URSULA von der Leyen s current woes as she struggles to get to grips with the EU s coronavirus vaccine rollout woes are no surprise, given her domestic track record in her native Germany, a former MEP has said.
EU OFFICIALS were aware of delays in vaccine production as early as December - but the European Commission ignored the warnings, according to leaked notes.