Pfizer COVID texts: EU wrong to deny release of von der Leyen messages, court finds
The European Union General Court rejected on Wednesday a European Commission decision not to disclose text messages Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the CEO of Pfizer exchanged during negotiations for COVID-19 vaccines.
“It is certainly a blow for the Commission, because the Commission’s action has been disavowed by the European Court of Justice, and its stances, its positions have been found illegal,” said Paul Dermine, a professor of European Law Studies at Free University of Brussels.
The Luxembourg-based court said the Commission, which negotiated vaccine contracts on behalf of the 27-nation bloc during the pandemic, did not provide credible reasons for rejecting a New York Times request to hand over the texts.
Von der Leyen has said she could not disclose the messages, which the court considered to be official EU documents, because she did not have them.
The court, however, said the Commission had failed to plausibly justify why the texts were no longer in her possession.
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