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The Federal Government was closely involved in the negotiations on vaccine procurement at EU level from the start.
The Ministry of Health said this in response to a written request from the FDP parliamentary group that WELT has received.
"As part of the EU Commission's vaccine initiative, the EU member states were and are, regardless of which company negotiations were conducted with, involved in the contract negotiations or were informed promptly about new negotiating partners in the negotiations and the results," the answer said .
In addition, the federal government would have "all contracts concluded at EU level on the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines".
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In view of the recently reduced delivery quantities for the EU, the question arose as to who was responsible for the results of the negotiations with the vaccine manufacturers.
German politicians like CSU leader Markus Söder had accused the commission of ordering too late.
The response from the Federal Government shows once again how closely Berlin is involved in the process controlled by the EU Commission.
FDP health expert Wieland Schinnenburg therefore also makes Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) jointly responsible for the EU's negotiation results: "Spahn's smoke candles have burned out," said Schinnenburg.
“He's responsible for the sloppy vaccine orders.
I ask him to disclose immediately which delivery dates and whether contractual penalties have been agreed.
No more cover-ups and blame on others. ”Spahn had defended the joint approach at EU level in several statements.
Only a small group, the “Joint Negotiation Team”, takes care of day-to-day business, negotiations with manufacturers at EU level: There are representatives of the Commission, as well as people from Spain, Sweden, Poland, Italy, the Netherlands - and from France and Germany.
This round reports to a board in which all member states are represented.