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EU chief: Bloc was late, over-confident on vaccine rollout

BRUSSELS – As the European Union surpassed the toll of 500,000 people lost to the virus, the EU Commission chief said Wednesday that the bloc's much-criticized vaccine rollout could be partly blamed on the EU being over-optimistic, over-confident and plainly “late."

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Von der Leyen faces questions over vaccine roll-out

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will be questioned by MEPs on her handling of the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines and the controversy over the Commission's attempt to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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The vaccines, the Commission and the NI Protocol: What went wrong?

On Friday 23 January, AstraZeneca informed the European Commission there would be a serious shortfall in its delivery of 81 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for the first quarter.

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AstraZeneca to deliver 9M more COVID-19 vaccine doses to EU as dispute cools

AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the European Union during the first quarter, the bloc’s executive arm said Sunday.The new target of 40 million doses by the end of March is still only half what the British-Swedish company had originally aimed for before it announced a shortfall due to production problems, triggering a spat between AstraZeneca and the EU last week.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after a call with seven vaccine makers Sunday that AstraZeneca will also begin deliveries one week sooner than scheduled and expand its manufacturing capacity in Europe.“Step forward on vaccines,” tweeted Von der Leyen, who has come under intense pressure over the

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EU: AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more vaccine doses

BERLIN – Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the European Union during the first quarter, the bloc's executive branch said Sunday.

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Taoiseach welcomes EU statement on vaccine exports

The Taoiseach has welcomed the announcement that the EU will not seek to override the Northern Ireland protocol as part of its efforts to control exports of Covid-19 vaccines.

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Concerns raised over EU controls on vaccines to NI

The Taoiseach has been in contact with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to raise concerns about the decision to override part of the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol in order to block vaccines entering the UK.

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AZ vaccine contract contains binding orders - von der Leyen

The European Union's contract with AstraZeneca for its Covid-19 vaccine contains binding orders, EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said this morning, as the bloc continues to press the company to deliver supplies as promised.

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Canada’s vaccine supply could be further pinched by export changes from Europe

COVID-19 vaccine programs are facing further threats as Europe warns drug makers it might impose export controls on European-made vaccine doses.All of Canada’s current vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are made in Europe, potentially putting at risk the entirety of Canada’s vaccine deliveries.

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EU demands that vaccine makers honor their commitments

BRUSSELS – The European Union on Tuesday warned pharmaceutical giants that develop coronavirus vaccines to honor their contractual obligations after slow deliveries of shots from two companies hampered the bloc's vaunted vaccine rollout in several nations.

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EU pressures AstraZeneca to deliver vaccines as promised

BRUSSELS – The European Union is pressuring the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to deliver more coronavirus vaccine doses to its 27 nations and to stick to its initial promises once the jab gets EU approval, especially since the bloc has already invested in enhancing production capacity.

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AstraZeneca warned it must meet EU vaccine supply

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that it must meet its contractual obligations in delivery supplies of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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EU sighs with relief as Biden readies to enter White House

BRUSSELS – The European Union’s top officials breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday that Joe Biden will be taking over as president of the United States, but they warned that the world has changed after four years of Donald Trump and that trans-Atlantic ties will be different in the future.“This new dawn in America is the moment we’ve been awaiting for so long,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, hailing Biden’s arrival as “resounding proof that, once again after four long years, Europe has a friend in the White House.”“The United States are back, and Europe stands ready to reconnect with an old and trusted partner to breathe new life into our cherished alliance,” she told EU lawmakers, hours before Biden was to be

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Portuguese finance minister tests positive for coronavirus after meeting top EU

LISBON: Portugal's Finance Minister Joao Leao has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said on Saturday, a day after he took part in an in-person meeting in Lisbon with top EU officials including Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.The 46-year-old minister has so far shown no symptoms and will continue to work from home during a period of self-isolation, a statement from his ministry said.

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EU in deal for 300m more Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine shots

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU had extended its contract with Pfizer/BioNTech with a view to purchasing an extra 300 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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Covid-19 deaths at record high as EU approves second vaccine

European Union's medicines watchdog on Wednesday approved a second coronavirus vaccine, in a relief to struggling European countries as the world reached a grim new record of 15,700 deaths in 24 hours.The Moderna vaccine is now set to join Pfizer-BioNTech's jab for use in the 27-nation EU, where governments are grappling with soaring caseloads and slow rollouts of the vaccines already available.Also Read | The race to take fashion retail online"Good news for our efforts to bring more Covid-19 vaccines to Europeans!" European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen tweeted.The breakthrough came as more than 15,700 Covid-19 deaths around the world were registered in the past 24 hours, according to a count by AFP at 1100 GMT on Wednesday -- a

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EU officials formally sign post-Brexit trade deal with UK

BRUSSELS – The European Union’s top officials on Wednesday formally signed the long fought-over post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom.European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president Charles Michel put pen to paper during a brief signature ceremony in Brussels. The documents will now be flown across the Channel to London in a RAF plane for British Prime minister Boris Johnson to sign them.“The agreement that we signed today is the result of months of intense negotiations in which the European Union has displayed an unprecedented level of unity,” Michel said.

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COVID jabs for all in EU soon, EU Comm prez says first protect the vulnerable

vaccination day, as people across the European Union take jabs, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen expressed that she is touched and vaccines will be soon available for all.Posting a video of people taking vaccines in different EU nations, she tweeted, "Today the first Europeans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19. I'm touched to see people taking the vaccine everywhere across the EU.

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EU launches vaccine rollout, historic day in virus fight

WARSAW – Medical workers, nursing home residents and politicians are set to be vaccinated against the coronavirus across the European Union on Sunday, part of an effort by the bloc's 27 nations to roll out shots in a coordinated and equitable fashion.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen released a video celebrating the vaccine rollout, calling it “a touching moment of unity” in the battle to protect the bloc's nearly 450 million people from the worst public health crisis in a century.As it turned out, some EU immunizations began a day early in Germany, Hungary and Slovakia.

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UK and EU reach historic post-Brexit trade agreement

BRUSSELS - Britain and the European Union have struck a provisional free-trade agreement that should avert New Year chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil.With just over a week until the U.K.’s final split from the EU, the U.K. government said the "deal is done."British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to make statements imminently.The deal should ensure the two sides can trade in goods without tariffs or quotas.

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EU approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine; deliveries expected within days

European Union on Monday gave official approval for the coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer to be used across the 27-nation bloc, raising hopes that countries can begin administering the first shots to their citizens shortly after Christmas.The EU’s executive commission gave the green light just hours after the European Medicines Agency said the vaccine meets safety and quality standards. Brussels had been expected to take two or three days to endorse the market authorization move.“As we have promised, this vaccine will be available for all EU countries at the same time, on the same conditions,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

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Covid-19 vaccinations in European Union to start on Dec 27

Covid-19 inoculations on December 27, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday."It's Europe's moment.

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Covid-19 vaccinations to begin on 27 December in EU

The EU is to start Covid-19 inoculations on 27 December, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

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EU members to start Covid-19 jabs 'the same day'

Covid-19 vaccinations on "the same day" in a sign of unity, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday.Her statement to the European Parliament came as pressure mounted on the bloc to catch up with the United States and Britain, which have already started inoculating people with a vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech.Also Read | How rural schooling is going into the dark"To get to the end of the pandemic, we will need up to 70 percent of the population vaccinated. This is a huge task, a big task.

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EU chief von der Leyen sees progress on Brexit talks

BRUSSELS – EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she saw clear progress in the trade talks with the U.K., turning a post-Brexit deal from a fleeting possibility into an ever more realistic possibility. Von der Leyen confirmed that the major problems had been reduced to just two — fair competition in the EU market and fishing rights for EU vessels in U.K.

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Businesses plead for Brexit deal as trade talks remain stuck

LONDON – British trucking firms, supermarkets and other businesses on Friday implored the government to strike a last-minute trade deal with the European Union, as the two sides’ leaders told their citizens to brace for New Year upheaval in the U.K.-EU trading relationship.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said there is a “strong possibility” that negotiations on a new economic relationship to take effect Jan. 1 will fail.

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UK says EU trade talks face 'moment of finality' on weekend

LONDON – Britain’s foreign minister said Thursday that negotiations on a trade deal with the European Union will reach a “moment of finality” this weekend, with both sides assessing chances of an agreement as slim.Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the Sunday deadline set by Britain and the EU for a decision was final — though he added “you can never say never entirely.”European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a three-hour dinner meeting Wednesday in hope of unblocking stalled talks, but came away saying the gaps between them were large.“We understand each other’s positions.

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UK, EU head for supper showdown over Brexit trade deal

BRUSSELS – Leaders of Britain and the European Union will meet Wednesday for a dinner that could pave the way to a post-Brexit trade deal — or tip the two sides toward a chaotic economic rupture at the end of the month.Early-morning comments from both sides insisting that it was for the other to compromise only highlighted the difficult task ahead for U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

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UK-EU talks near collapse ahead of Johnson Brussels trip

LONDON – Britain and the European Union warned Tuesday that talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal are teetering on the brink of collapse, with just over three weeks until an economic rupture that will cause upheaval for businesses on both sides of the English Channel.Officials downplayed the chances of a breakthrough when Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Brussels for face-to-face talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the next few days.With negotiators deadlocked on key issues after months of tense talks, German European Affairs Minister Michael Roth said the bloc’s confidence in Britain was hanging in the balance.“What we need is political will in London,” said Roth, whose country currently holds the EU’s

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Coronavirus vaccine may have to be airlifted to UK by Armed Forces in no-deal Brexit

The coronavirus vaccine may have to be airlifted into the UK and moved by the Armed Forces in a no-deal Brexit, a Tory minister has confirmed.

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EU negotiator kicks off hectic day for final Brexit deal

BRUSSELS – European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday set off one of the most intense days in the long-running Brexit trade negotiations with a pre-dawn debriefing of the 27 member states to see if a deal is still possible with London ahead of the Jan. 1 deadline.In the evening, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have his second phone call with EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in barely 48 hours, to decide whether to pull the plug on an agreement that could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides and disrupt cross-Channel trade for years to come.

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Last-ditch post-Brexit talks to resume between EU and UK

BRUSSELS – Last-ditch discussions between the U.K. and the European Union over future trade ties are set to resume in Brussels later Sunday, two days after they were “paused” amid "significant differences" on an array of issues.Britain's main negotiator, David Frost, arrived in the Belgian capital on Sunday to pick up discussions with his EU counterpart, Michel Barnier.

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UK and EU leaders to hold crunch talks on post-Brexit ties

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union's top official are set to discuss the state of play of post-Brexit trade discussions later Saturday after negotiators paused talks in light of their inability to bridge an array of differences.With the discussions stuck over the same issues for months, Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU's executive European Commission, will see if there is a route to a deal.With the U.K.'s post-Brexit transition period due to conclude at the end of the year, the discussions are clearly facing a crunch point, not least because of the necessary approvals required from both sides.

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Europe says first covid vaccinations possible by Christmas

BRUSSELS : A top European Union official said Wednesday that the first citizens in the 27 nation bloc could be vaccinated against the coronavirus by Christmas, but she warned that member countries must urgently prepare their logistical chains for the rollout of hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccines.Claiming that “there’s finally light at the end of the tunnel," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU lawmakers that “the first European citizens might already be vaccinated before the end of December."The commission, the EU's executive arm, has agreements with six potential vaccine suppliers and is working on a seventh contract.

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EU says first virus vaccinations possible by Christmas

BRUSSELS – A top European Union official said Wednesday that the first citizens in the 27 nation bloc could be vaccinated against the coronavirus by Christmas, but she warned that member countries must urgently prepare their logistical chains for the rollout of hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccines.Claiming that “there’s finally light at the end of the tunnel,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU lawmakers that “the first European citizens might already be vaccinated before the end of December.”The commission, the EU's executive arm, has agreements with six potential vaccine suppliers and is working on a seventh contract.

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EU gives upbeat assessment of state of Brexit trade talks

BRUSSELS – The European Union issued Friday one of its most upbeat assessments of the state of post-Brexit trade negotiations.EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said “we've seen in the last days, better progress, more movement on important files."“This is good," von der Leyen told reporters, in comments that contrast sharply with previous statements over the talks that have dragged on with little progress for months, despite the tight Jan. 1 deadline.

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EU says two vaccines could be authorised in December

The European Commission president has said the European Medicines Agency could begin authorising the marketing of two leading coronavirus vaccines before the end of the year.

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CureVac deal takes EU's Covid-19 vaccine supplies close to two billion

The European Union has struck a deal for up 405 million doses of German biotech firm CureVac's potential Covid-19 vaccine, the head of the EU executive has said, taking total supplies secured by the bloc to nearly two billion doses.

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EU chief self-isolates as coronavirus makes its mark at a summit

BRUSSELS: As a renewed wave of the coronavirus sweeps across much of Europe, the reality of the disease struck a summit of European Union leaders on Thursday when one of the 27-nation bloc's top officials abandoned the meeting to go into self-imposed quarantine.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen left the summit venue in Brussels shortly after the meeting began because one of her close staffers tested positive for COVID-19.“I myself have tested negative," von der Leyen, a doctor by training, tweeted.

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EU chief leaves summit to go into quarantine

BRUSSELS – European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen was forced to leave an EU summit Thursday shortly after it opened because one of her close staffers tested positive for COVID-19. She said that she herself tested negative but “as a precaution I am immediately leaving the European Council to go into self-isolation.” Von der Leyen had already been mingling with other EU leaders ahead of the formal opening of the two-day summit.

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EU leaders divided over new climate goals for 2030

BRUSSELS – European Union leaders remain divided about a more ambitious target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and will not reach an agreement at their summit starting Thursday.According to a draft of the meeting's findings seen by The Associated Press, leaders will at this summit only start discussing the proposal to reduce emissions by at least 55% by 2030, as put forward by the EU's executive Commission.The goal is to reach an agreement in December ahead of the adoption of the first ever European climate law.In proposing a reduction target of at least 55% by 2030 compared with the current target of 40%, EU commission President Ursula von der Leyen predicted in September that the new target would be “too much for some and not enough

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EU plans big building renovation project to save energy

BRUSSELS – The European Union is announcing a major building renovation project this week seeking to cut down energy costs and polluting emissions while providing a big boost to the construction industry. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday that the 27-nation bloc “must speed up" the pace of renovations if it is to meet climate change targets and said most efforts will go to schools, hospitals and social housing.

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UK, EU chiefs to discus Brexit, free trade talks Saturday

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to speak to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday to “take stock” of negotiations on a post-Brexit free trade deal and to “discuss next steps,” a British government spokesman said. The U.K.

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EU takes legal action against UK over planned Brexit bill

BRUSSELS – The European Union took legal action against Britain on Thursday over its plans to pass legislation that would breach parts of the legally binding divorce agreement the two sides reached late last year.The EU action underscored the worsening relations with Britain, which was a member of the bloc until Jan. 31.

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Top EU official proposes new 2030 target to reduce emissions

BRUSSELS – The European Union's top official proposed a more ambitious target Wednesday for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, setting a reduction goal of at least 55% by 2030 compared to the current target of 40%.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen predicted the new target will be “too much for some and not enough for others," but she told lawmakers in her first State of the Union address that it should help the 27-nation EU achieve climate neutrality by 2050.“Our economy and industry can manage this, and they want it, too," von der Leyen said as she set out her priorities while speaking in the European Parliament.

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EU wants better coordination on virus, announces summit

BRUSSELS – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the bloc must rise above its fragmented approach on dealing with the coronavirus by centralizing more decision-making on health issues. She also told EU legislators that Italy will host a global health summit next year, during its G20 presidency.

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EU chief says UK cannot change EU-UK withdrawal agreement

BRUSSELS – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the United Kingdom cannot unilaterally change the EU-UK bilateral withdrawal agreement without destroying global trust in the country.Insisting that chances for a future trade deal are slipping away by the day, von der Leyen told the European Union's legislature that plans by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to renege on parts of the withdrawal agreement signed by both of them dimmed those hopes even further. What's more, she insisted that Britain is throwing its good name to the wind by not respecting a deal it signed and approved last December.

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Travel green list to be updated later this month, says Tanáiste

The Tanáiste Leo Varadkar has said the Government's travel green list will not be updated until the publication of the medium term roadmap on dealing with Covid-19 later this month.

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