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So now the European Commission *is* taking AstraZeneca to court, I presume all the EU-sceptics who said the Commission will never dare will eat their words?
People like this: https://twitter.com/rfesteadman/status/1374383832510590977
People like this: https://twitter.com/rfesteadman/status/1374383832510590977
And this one: https://twitter.com/apcburns/status/1353623829038440449
Any change of view, Graham? https://twitter.com/GrahamLKeegan/status/1375484289958170627
And I presume the EU has not died then? https://twitter.com/NICentenary2021/status/1375209513356255234
Or - more likely - these people will probably now change their position completely and instead say the European Commission shouldn't do this in the middle of a pandemic
In the end the issue is this: was AstraZeneca making "best efforts" to supply the EU or not? Or was their supply chain actually never strong enough to do that?
That's what's going to be tested. Which seems fair enough to me.
That's what's going to be tested. Which seems fair enough to me.
Here's the news story announcing the case:
https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/26/eu-begins-legal-action-against-aztrazeneca-over-breach-of-contract?fromBreakingNews=1
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https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/26/eu-begins-legal-action-against-aztrazeneca-over-breach-of-contract?fromBreakingNews=1
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