The Left group in the European Parliament wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen inviting her to attend their group meeting tomorrow to answer questions about the EU’s botched Covid-19 vaccination drive.
The Commission has been avoiding Parliament and public scrutiny over the contracts it has signed with pharmaceutical companies, resisting the publication of the contracts and refusing to lift Intellectual Property Rights to ramp up production.
Last night it emerged that von der Leyen has agreed to appear at closed-door meetings with some groups in the European Parliament while excluding others and still avoiding open scrutiny.