EU leaders turn on each other in AstraZeneca Covid vaccine row European Commission accuses member states of stockpiling vaccines as bloc faces third virus wave 16 March 2021 • 9:30pm A man waits at a vaccination centre in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, south-western France, where a sign reads: 'No AstraZeneca vaccinations today' Credit: Bob Edme/ AP Brussels blamed EU governments for growing vaccine chaos on Tuesday night as it accused them of stockpiling jabs despite a looming third Covid wave. The European Commission's rare rebuke of member states came after 17 countries including Germany, France, Italy and Spain halted the rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine until the EU's medicines regulator completes an investigation.