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In the context of a series of interviews for Pressenza agency with MEPs from the European parties who vote in the European Parliament for the abolition of patents for vaccines, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostics related to the pandemic, we discuss with Dimitris Papirodimoulis, member of the Euro-left group [GUE / NGL] and Vice-President of the European Parliament.
Interview with Marianella Kloka.
How easy was it to get the result of this voting result?
It was not easy at all: it took many months of work. We started from the beginning of the pandemic, last Spring. The whole Euro-left has set itself the goal of making the expected vaccine a public good and lifting the patent protection regime, as happened several years ago in the case of HIV / AIDS. It took time, arguments, meetings, communication with groups of citizens, scientists, to build a broader consensus. This led to the adoption of the amendment of the Euro-left group la
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