It did not take Mario Draghi long to make a mark in Europe as Italian prime minister. The company has fallen far short of its promised deliveries to the EU in the first three months of 2021. Salvini, leader of the nationalist League which is also in the coalition, wrote on Twitter that he was “proud Italy was the first European country to block exports outside the EU”. “The current situation shows a strong fragility in Brussels’s negotiating position towards the big pharmaceutical companies,” Orsina added. “Draghi is using his political clout to redress the balance in this regard, clearly also in Italy’s favour.

Source: The Irish Times March 07, 2021 15:11 UTC