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| UPDATED: 18:05, Tue, Mar 2, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Swede Charlie Weimers, of the European Conservatives and Reformists, said the Commission-led joint procurement programme has been a catalogue of “arrogance and incompetence”. His fiery rant comes after six EU capitals decided to go it alone to secure supplies of life-saving coronavirus vaccines instead of wait for eurocrats to deliver the doses. And despite growing anger over its sluggish rollout of jabs, the Commission has insisted its scheme is “not unravelling”. ....
This is a £59 million increase compared to the Hemicycle budget for 2021. It was said the plan was drawn up to reduce the workload of MEPs and the Parliament’s administrative body. Some 76 new officials will be distributed between the political groups while 66 will join the secretary-general’s task force. EU Parliament set to splash out £60m as more than 100 new staff for MEPs are hired (Image: GETTY) The Parliament’s official administrative body had previously reduced its workforce by five percent between 2014 and 2020. Former Brexit Party MEP Alex Phillips said Parliament staff barely had enough work to keep themselves occupied during her seven-month stint at the institution. ....
Video footage from the debate shows the Commission President’s chair left empty while her health chief, Stella Kriakides, was left to watch on. Continuing his address, Mr Madison said the bloc needed to address the reasons why its vaccine scheme had fallen behind Britain’s. “The EU has often wanted to see itself as a powerful federation compare to other world powers,” he added. Estonian MEP Jaak Madison addresses Ursula von der Leyen s empty seat in vaccine debate (Image: EbS) “However, given this competence and confusion, it is an over-regulation organism imbued with bureaucracy. It is absolutely unable to deal with crisis. ....
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen today claimed the bloc would have collapsed if countries were allowed to roll out coronavirus vaccines as fast as Britain. ....
| UPDATED: 19:46, Tue, Feb 9, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. During a European Parliament hearing, Josep Borrell’s trip to Russia was branded a “mistake” and the top diplomat was accused of giving the rogue state the upper hand in its row with the bloc. Despite the criticism, the Spanish politician insisted his mission was a success and floated a proposal for sanctions against Russia after Moscow rejected reopening dialogue. His announcement comes after a number of eastern European countries called for punitive measures against Russia over the jailing of top opposition leader Alexei Nav ....