The EU vaccine strategy continues to be questioned by Von der Lein for several hours

　　Due to the continuous problems in the process of promoting the new crown vaccination in the European Union, European Commission President Von der Lein accepted several hours of "torture" by many members of the People's Party group of the European Parliament on the 2nd.

　　According to multiple media reports in Europe, the problems of parliamentarians are mainly concentrated in two aspects. First, why is the advancement of EU vaccination so slow?

The other is why the European Commission suddenly decided to use a clause in the “Brexit” agreement signed between the EU and the United Kingdom to restore border inspections between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in order to restrict vaccines from The EU exports to the UK.

Before meeting with Von der Lein that day, a European parliamentarian from the Netherlands told the media that Von der Lein had made several major mistakes on the vaccine issue, one of which was the decision to resume border inspections on the island of Ireland.

　　As of the evening of the 2nd local time, the European Union has not disclosed Von der Lein’s response to the doubts of European parliamentarians. However, in recent interviews with many European media, von der Lein said that she was “provisional”. She expressed regret for launching the relevant provisions of the EU-UK "Brexit" agreement. She also argued that the European Commission quickly corrected the error.

Von der Lein also said that in making decisions in an emergency, it is inevitable that there will be incomplete consideration.

　　Recently, in the face of a severe shortage of vaccines, the European Commission once decided to activate Clause 16 of the “Brexit” agreement signed between the EU and the United Kingdom, which is also called the “stuck neck clause”, to restrict vaccines from The EU exports to the UK.

However, the restoration of border inspections on the island of Ireland is a very sensitive issue, and the decision was immediately strongly opposed by the United Kingdom and the European Union including Ireland.

Although the European Commission immediately withdrew the decision, the institution under the leadership of Von der Lein was criticized by many parties, and the British government pointed out that the EU had undermined the trust of both parties.

(Headquarters reporter Zheng Zhi)