Former European commission chief also says bloc has been too cautious in its procurementThe EU has been overly cautious and budget conscious over Covid vaccines and should step back from waging a “stupid vaccine war” with Britain, the former European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said. “I do think that we have to pull back from a vaccine war. Nobody in Britain, nobody in Europe understands why we are witnessing, according to the news, a stupid vaccine war … We are not in war, and we are not enemies. The UK also appears to fall foul of the EU’s new criteria on vaccination coverage, with 45 jabs administered per 100 residents, compared with 13 per 100 on average across the 27 member states. Juncker said he would prefer the commission to opt for dialogue over threats, and that the commission and the EU member states had made a major mistake in their approach to the vaccine rollout.

Source: The Guardian March 25, 2021 12:44 UTC