WELT AM SONNTAG:

Was it a mistake to approach vaccine procurement within the EU?

The British vaccinate single-handedly and quickly.

Rolf Mützenich:

It was and is right that we coordinate our efforts on a European basis.

The virus does not stop at borders.

For that reason alone, I consider going it alone and vaccine nationalism to be completely wrong.

If every country seeks its own salvation and wants to outdo others, that would have led to great strife ...

WELT AM SONNTAG:

... we have great strife.