Headlines: Europe ready to block vaccine exports
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Europe stands ready to block vaccine exports.
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"
Towards strict control of vaccine exports
", headlines
Le Soir
.
The Brussels daily explains that the European Commission is finalizing a mechanism to ensure that "
doses produced in Europe with European money do not go abroad
".
This is of course the consequence of its
showdown with AstraZeneca
, the Swedish-British group suspected of having favored the United Kingdom at the expense of the EU to which it will ultimately only be able to deliver a quarter of the agreed doses.
Since this announcement, the anger of Brussels has not subsided.
And this surveillance mechanism, which should therefore be quickly adopted, will also "
block exports
", emphasizes
Evening
.
"
All companies based in the European Union who want to export vaccines outside its borders will have to notify the customs authorities
", if the export is deemed incompatible with respect for European contracts "
it could be blocked
".
Something to seriously worry across the Channel, "
millions of doses could be blocked at the entrance of the United Kingdom
", estimates the
Guardian
, the British daily highlights in particular the fears concerning "
the access to the Pfizer vaccine which is produced in Belgium
”.
Stop the European vaccination campaign
"
EU vaccination campaign
reaches critical point
", headlines the
Financial Times
, which underlines "
that in Paris as in Lisbon the authorities had to stop or delay the first injections of vaccine due to the shortage
" .
The FT also notes that the decision of Germany "
which advises against the AstraZeneca vaccine for over 65s
" will also "
weigh on the already very slow vaccine effort of Europeans
".
And the fears in the face of the shortage are such that "
now even Sputnik V is on the restricted list of Europe
", explains
Die Welt
.
The German daily assures that "
faced with the desperate need for vaccines, a possible approval of the Russian vaccine is being negotiated in Brussels
".
Die Welt
specifies that the European Medicines Agency is currently "
in talks with 50 vaccine manufacturers
" and that studies on the Russian vaccine could begin in February.
But no rapid marketing, "
unlike Pfizer
", explains the daily "
Sputnik has not yet passed the third phase of the trial, which means that the effectiveness of the vaccine has not yet been proven by international standards
”.
Security threats to the Capitol
The FBI recently spoke of a "
threat of domestic terrorism
" on the part of supporters of former President Donald Trump;
it is now the patroness of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi who believes that "
the enemy is (also) inside Congress
".
"
An incredible statement
", underlines the
Washington Post
, "
which says a lot about the hostility that reigns between elected Republican and Democrats in Congress
", especially since the violent assault on Capitol Hill on January 6.
Some Democrats have "
bought bulletproof vests
", specifies
the New York Times
for its part
, while Republicans come to Congress armed and refuse to use metal detectors.
Democrats are trying to revive the bill to ban the carrying of weapons on Capitol Hill, but the tension is such, further underlines the
New York Times
, that one of the spokespersons for Nancy Pelosi does not exclude that "
in a moment of political tension, an elected official draws his weapon one day
”.
"
It's just a matter of time," he
adds
, "before something really tragic happens
."
IMG Models recruits VP Kamala Harris's beautiful daughter
The news features prominently in almost all American newspapers, which, like the
New York Times
, note
that the prestigious modeling agency continues to recruit among the "
rising stars who have emerged
" at the inauguration ceremony of Joe Biden.
The agency had already hired, not long ago, the now famous poet Amanda Gorman, and she has just signed with Ella Emhoff, a 21-year-old student at the Beaux-Arts and especially the daughter-in-law of Vice-President Kamala Harris.
The
New York Times
points out that the fashion world is thus showing "
its adherence to the Biden administration
", while fashion designers "
had refused to dress Melania Trump, the former first lady, because of her support for her husband's policy
”.
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