alone got $10000000.00 of those doses at the european commission says british swedish producer astra zeneca has barely supplied the e.u. with 30 percent of the quantities agreed for europe's vaccination program needs now is a shot in the arm a shot in the arm india over use of brussels virtue of alexander the nominee is at the e.u. summit for us today the virtual one so she is right there where it's happening now is out of the goal is very clear more vaccines for countries what action will the european union take. according to the german chancellor the key issue here is to accelerate for adoption in the european union and actually we have some good news here. develop a biotechs has started for the auction at its new plant in germany to day i asked submitted a request to the european medicines agency for the authorization of its dutch plant and if it gets swift approval we could see 1st deliveries from this deliveries from this plant by the end of this month however we can also expect the majority of e.u. leaders to support the european commission's decision to introduce trick to expo

well, my guest is valdis dombrovskis, european commission vice president, with responsibility for economy and trade. is the eu about to become the economic tough guy? valdis dombrovskis, in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon. here, let me quote to you something you said when you were given the trade portfolio in september of last year. you said, "we are currently in turbulent waters as regards "global trade, relations with the us, and "relations with china." i would put it to you that when you're in turbulent waters, you need to be a strong swimmer. do you think the eu is a strong swimmer right now? well, indeed. first of all, eu is the largest trading bloc in the world, not only in terms of trade volumes, but we also have most comprehensive set of free—trade agreements than any other economy has. and we just recently put out a new direction for eu trade policy, focusing on three key words — open, sustainable, assertive. yes. and we'll go through all of those — open, sustainable and assertive — in the next few minutes. but let me just continue with this idea of the eu's

the european commission haggle the over price and liability with the drug companies. but then more recently, the sort of mess up about astrazeneca has been extraordinary. first of all, european politicians, particularly macron, poured cold water with no basis on efficacy of the astrazeneca vaccine. he said it was quasiineffectively over people over 65 which was no evidence and more than 16 european countries temporarily suspended the vaccine as there was an increase in cases of blood clotting when there is no evident that it had anything to do with the vaccine at all. there were amount of blood clots that happened were no different than what you would expect and the u.k. more than 10 million people me included have had this vaccine and they're fine. so it was a frankly a crazy thing to do because the europeans said it was the precautionary principle, but in fact by suspending the vaccines even for a few days, more people will have died because more people will have gotten covid than otherwise would have and perhaps more important they have fostered this sense of suspi

book control mechanisms pretty in place by the european commission we must block all exports for as long as some drug companies don't respect their commitments with europeans. the only unanimous decision was that production facilities in the e.u. need to be ramped up in order to contain the cove in $1000.00 crisis. brussels bureau chief alexander phenomenon has been following the e.u. summit and joins me now so 5 hours of the by the vaccines have you ladies made any progress on how to boost these lagging vaccine supply us. well as expected they agreed and stressed once again that they are committed to accelerating production deliveries and deployments of vaccine within the european union but to do so they of course rely on pharmaceutical companies that is why in their joint statement after the summit they once again said that those companies must meet their obligations and that is probably why they did not block the european commission's decision to strict export rules this mechanism is now in place and can be used to block they've seen exports even though not every member state is happy

i think the european commission also recognises the world is watching. what _ recognises the world is watching. what are — recognises the world is watching. what are the values of the eu which they profess? if you see this type of language being employed by the commission, it will be counter—productive. the vaccine is a collaborative — counter—productive. the vaccine is a collaborative approach, astrazeneca has supply chain in europe and indie — has supply chain in europe and india. trying to build walls around this would — india. trying to build walls around this would damage both eu citizens and the _ this would damage both eu citizens and the united kingdom. this this would damage both eu citizens and the united kingdom.— and the united kingdom. this is of course crucial _ and the united kingdom. this is of course crucial because _ and the united kingdom. this is of course crucial because the - and the united kingdom. this is ofj course crucial because the roll-out course crucial because the roll—out of vaccines and successful administ

the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has said that astrazeneca must "catch up" on vaccine deliveries for the european union before exporting vaccine supplies elsewhere. european leaders have been meeting to discuss the covid crisis. cases are rising across the continent, but miss von der leyen says astrazeneca has only delivered 30 million of the 90 million vaccines it promised, despite tens of millions being sent to other countries. from brussels, here's our europe editor katya adler. prague is remembering its dead — simply, painfully. with one of the highest covid fatality rates in the world, the czech republic, like many other eu countries, is in the grip of a third wave. vaccines are in short supply. national rollouts like here in belgium in disrepute, the eu's credibility on the line. eu leaders have been meeting remotely today to discuss how to secure the eu's vaccine supply, ensuring companies deliverjabs promised and, controversially, potentially blocking vaccine exports to vaccine—producing countries like the uk, which have an already advanced rollo

commission has proposed to create a digital green certificate that would allow european citizens who have been vaccinated against covert to travel across the block without having to quarantine a rival now the controversial move comes following pressure from tourism related states are to charlotte devinsky picks up the story. the european commission outlining on monday that its member states need to look at a common approach to easing restrictions put in place by the kovac 19 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the bloc that is seems a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to help the member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner we're told that the data will be protected so there will be security

the european commission outlining on monday the member states need to look at a common approach to easing restrictions put in place by the kovac 19 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the bloc that is a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to help the member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner we're told that the data will be protected so there will be security around that but countries will be able to collect information all of those who are coming into the territory this proof will then be . restriction rules restrictions such as quarantine. testing that are currently in place but those restrictions will only be obligatory for seems they've already been approved by may when this comes into force

thierry breton is the head of the european commission's vaccine task force. we are the largest producer of vaccines for us and for the world. we know that the us is not exporting anything at all and we export vaccines already for 32 countries, all of our partners, all of our nato alliances and, of course, massively for the uk. but we just want reciprocity. let me give you an example, for this astrazeneca, in our contract says there are two factories in the uk, which were part of our production and we were expecting them to deliver the doses to the eu. they didn't do it. we wanted to have an explanation from our side we deliver massively to the uk but there is nothing to penalised. we just want to have the reality and then to be able to discuss. we ordered 120 million doses. we got only 30 million doses. if astrazeneca had delivered exactly the number of doses which was planned like they did in the uk, we would be today, exactly at the same rate of vaccination as the uk. so, we have been heavily penalised. heavily. we just want to know why? let's hear from kat

the european commission outlining on monday that its member states need to look at a common approach to easing restrictions put in place by the kovac 19 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the bloc that is a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to help the member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner we're told that the data will be protected so there will be security around that but countries will be able to collect information all of those who are coming into the territory this proof will then be . restrictions restrictions such as quarantine. testing that are currently in place but those restrictions will only be obligatory for seems they've already been approved by may when this comes into

when you commission has proposed a special digital pass which would allow european citizens who have been vaccinated against cove a $1000.00 restriction free travel access across the block it follows increasing pressure from tourism reliance state says charlotte dubinsky reports. the european commission outlining on monday that its member states need to look at a common approach to easing restrictions put in place by the kovac 19 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the block that is seems a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to help the member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner we're told that the data will be protected so there will be security around that but countries will be able to co

i think the european commission also recognises the world is watching. what are the values of the eu which they profess? if you see this type of language being deployed by the commission, it will be counter—productive. the vaccine is a collaborative approach, astrazeneca has supply chain in europe and india. trying to build walls around this would damage both eu citizens and the united kingdom. european union leaders will meet this week and we will see if they will follow through on what has been perceived here as a threat to cut off supplies of vaccine. it is a two—way street but difficult to establish if any vaccines have been exported from the uk and in what number at this point. the entire issueis number at this point. the entire issue is crucial of course because only if you have an effectively vaccinated population can you start to lift restrictions and allow travel, which brings us with another hot topic. everyone wants to know whether they can or should book a holiday, what are the chances of international travel being allowed, and how widely

the european commission outlining on monday that its member states need to look at a common approach now to easing restrictions put in place by the kovi 1000 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the block that is seems a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to health member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner it will be in a paper version and it will also be in a digital version both will have a key role could complete scans now and we're told that the data will be protected so there will be security around that but countries will be able to collect information all of those who are coming into their territory overseas whether they've had the vaccine or water whether they've recovered from 19 n

commission has proposed to create a digital green certificate that would allow european citizens who have been vaccinated against covert to travel across the block without having to quarantine on arrival of a controversial move comes following pressure from tourism reliance states are to short to do been ski picks up the story. the european commission outlining on monday that its member states need to look at a common approach now to easing restrictions put in place by the kovac 19 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the block that is seems a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to health member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner we've told that the data will be protected so there will be se

first at the head of the european commission says that she's become a scapegoat for europe's extremely slow inoculation right and laid the blame on. a correspondent as the story. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with deliveries of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 250000 doses of the astr

commission to come forward with. the e.u.'s 2030 farm to fork strategy aims to slash pesticide use by 50 percent so called nutrient losses and use of anti microbe drugs should also be cut by the same amount your crowds hope that's going to allow the blocks organic sector to flourish in the next 10 years good plan are not well the u.s. agriculture commissioner says an impact assessments being carried out insisting more comprehensive reviews would take place he admitted that the quote short term negative impact from the policies but the farm is representative again says this is simply going to lose market share over it insurer we are very much interested in maintaining our competitiveness and this means that and i asked the consumers we need to be competitive in both the price and what the product sense it's basically a price and quality ratio and what we feel that this person that you into our market there's a risk that we lose our competitiveness if the objectives and the principles that the european agriculture have

the european commission outlining on monday that its member states need to look at a common approach now to easing restrictions put in place by the kovac 19 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the block that is seems a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to health member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner we've told that the data will be protected so there will be security around that but countries will be able to collect information all those who are coming into the territory this proof will then be waiver restrictions restrictions such as quarantine. testing that are currently in place but those restrictions will only be obligatory for that seems they've already been approved by may when

the head of the european commission says she has become a scapegoat for europe's extremely slow code an occupation rate and laid the blame on vaccine maker astra zeneca reporting next year's artie's peter out of. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacturer astra zeneca it's got to do with delivery of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of a

commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 250000 doses of the astra zeneca job for heading to australia the australian trade minister called that vaccine protectionism what we don't want to see is a repeat of the well scramble we saw for resources at the beginning of the pandemic where everybody was trying to outbid everybody else when it came to mosques and p.p. and everything else on the line though has said yes there have been problems with the way the vaccine program is being rolled out there's been problems with the way the e.u. commission has handled things we aren't where we want to be in combating the virus we were late in granting authorization we were to optimistic about mass production and maybe we also took for granted that the doses orders would actually arrive on time we must ask ourselves why and what lessons we can draw from it even when you have vaccines there's still problems in austria they've suspended the use of one of the astra zeneca jo

the head of the european commission says that she has become a scapegoat for europe's extremely slow. and ultimately late the blame on. is our correspondent with the story. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with delivery of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 250000 doses of the astra zenec

is a same time all saw the largest exporter of the european commission said just under 11000000 vaccine doses had been exported from the e.u. to the united kingdom with 0 heading in that direction what this mechanism would mean is that vaccines that had been set to go to the united kingdom for their exports could be blocked as long as companies will fail to live up to contracts that they signed with brussels there were many warnings that this was coming down the track we have the possibility to ban planned exports this is a message to astra zeneca you fulfill your part of the deal towards europe before you start to deliver to other countries the focus of a lot of the seems to be astra zeneca the vaccine manuf. a commission president on the line said that astra zeneca it only delivered on 30 percent of the 19000000 or so doses they promised in the 1st quarter of 2021 plenty to keep an eye on on thursday coming out of brussels we also looking at the reaction to what's said in the european union from across the english channel in the united kingdom. this isn't the only very public dispute

head of the european commission says that she is a scapegoat for the book's quote extremely slow inoculation and laid the blame on. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with deliveries of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 250000 doses of the astra zeneca job for heading to australia the australian

first at the head of the european commission says she is a scapegoat for the blocks extremely slow inoculation rate and laid the blame on. a correspondent. reports. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with deliveries of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 250000 doses of the astra zeneca job for headi

the head of the european commission says she's become a scapegoat for europe's extremely slow covert inoculation rate laid the blame instead on the vaccine maker astra zeneca reporting next years peter oliver. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with delivery of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of

the same time all saw the largest exporter of locks in the european commission said just under 11000000 vaccine doses had been exported from the e.u. to the united kingdom with 0 heading in that direction what this mechanism would mean is that vaccines that had been set to go to the united kingdom for their exports could be blocked as long as companies will fail to live up to contracts that they signed with brussels there were many warnings that this was coming down the track we have the possibility to ban planned exports this is a message to astra zeneca you fulfill your part of the deal towards europe before we start to deliver to other countries the focus of a lot of the seems to be astra zeneca the vaccine man you. commission president ursula fund the line said that astra zeneca it only delivered on 30 percent of the $19000000.00 or so doses they promised in the 1st quarter of 2021 plenty to keep an eye on on thursday coming out of brussels but also looking at the reaction to what's said in the european union from across the english channel in the united kingdom. but it's not certai

commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 250000 doses of the astra zeneca job for heading to australia the australian trade minister called that vaccine protectionism what we don't want to see is a repeat of the well scramble we saw for resources at the beginning of the pandemic where everybody was trying to outbid everybody else when it came to masks and p.p. and everything else on the line though has said yes there have been problems with the way the vaccine program is being rolled out there's been problems with the way the e.u. commission has handled things we aren't clear we want to be in combat in the virus we were late in granting authorization we were too optimistic about mass production and maybe we also took for granted that the doses orders would actually arrive on time we must ask ourselves why and what lessons we can to learn from it even when you have vaccines there's still problems in austria they've suspended the use of one of the astra zeneca

the head of the european commission says she has become a scapegoat for europe's extremely slow inoculation rate and lay the blame on vaccine maker astra zeneca report in next year's hard he's pure of. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with delivery of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 250000 d

the european commission outlining on monday that its member states need to look at a common approach now to easing restrictions put in place by the kovac 19 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the block that is seems a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to health member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner we're told that the data will be protected so there will be security around that but countries will be able to collect information all of those who are coming into the territory this proof will then be waiver restrictions restrictions such as quarantine. testing that are currently in place but those restrictions will only be obligatory for that seems they've already been approved by may wh

commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 250000 doses of the astra zeneca job for heading to australia the australian trade minister called that vaccine protectionism what we don't want to see is a repeat of the well scramble we saw for resources at the beginning of the pandemic where everybody was trying to outbid everybody else when it came to mosques and p.p. and everything else on the line though has said yes there have been problems with the way the vaccine program is being rolled out there's been problems with the way the e.u. commission has handled things we aren't where we want to be in combating the virus we were late in granting authorization we were to optimistic about mass production and maybe we also took for granted that the doses orders would actually arrive on time we must ask ourselves why and what lessons we can draw from it even when you have vaccines there's still problems in austria they've suspended the use of one of the astra zeneca. u

the head of the european commission says she has become a scapegoat for europe's extremely slow covert inoculation rate and laid the blame on vaccine maker astra zeneca put in next year's artie's patrol. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with deliveries of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around

commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 250000 doses of the astra zeneca job for heading to australia the australian trade minister called that vaccine protectionism what we don't want to see is a repeat of the well scramble we saw for resources at the beginning of the pandemic where everybody was trying to outbid everybody else when it came to mosques and p.p. and everything else on the line though has said yes there have been problems with the way the vaccine program is being rolled out there's been problems with the way the e.u. commission has handled things we aren't where we want to be in combat in the virus we were late in granting authorization we were too optimistic about mass production and maybe we also took for granted that the doses orders would actually arrive on time we must ask ourselves why and what lessons we can to learn from it even when you have vaccines there's still problems in austria they've suspended the use of one of the astra zene

the same time all saw the largest exporter of locks in the european commission said just under 11000000 vaccine doses had been exported from the e.u. to the united kingdom with 0 heading in the other direction what this mechanism would mean is that vaccines that had been set to go to the united kingdom for their exports could be blocked as long as companies will fail to live up to contracts that they signed with brussels there were many warnings that this was coming down the track we have the possibility to ban plant exports this is a message to astra zeneca you fulfill your part of the deal towards europe before we start to deliver to other countries the focus of a lot of the seems to be astra zeneca the vaccine man you. commission president ursula fund alliance said that astra zeneca only delivered on 30 percent of the 19000000 or so doses they promised in the 1st quarter of 2021 plenty to keep an eye on on thursday coming out of brussels we also looking at the reaction to what's said in the european union from across the english channel in the united kingdom. will keep an ear on it n

astra zeneca has so far failed to meet its easier delivery targets according to the european commission but every of 120000000 doses was originally a grade for the 1st quarter of 2020 passed after huge shortages the number was reduced to 30000000 by mid march only 21000000 vaccines had been to live it it's not clear exactly where the truth lies astra zeneca states that 13000000 at the doses were intended for export to low income countries and 16000000 to the e.u. the company also said it was incorrect to call it a stockpile because the vaccine doses needed to wait for quality control once the vials had been felled. and the ongoing right now of a vaccine distribution in the e.u. the e.u. commission maintains the blog is being disadvantaged some $10000000.00 is being exported from the u.k. from e.u. to you k. 00 dollars have been exporters from the u.k. to the and that's why e.u. only wants to allow exports to a 3rd country a fact country also supplies vaccines to the e.u. heads of state and government will decide on this proposal at thursday's summit. brussels birgitte alexander phenomen

is a same time all saw the largest exporter of the european commission said just under 11000000 vaccine doses had been exported from the e.u. to the united kingdom with 0 heading in that direction what this mechanism would mean is that vaccines that had been set to go to the united kingdom for their exports could be blocked as long as companies will fail to live up to contracts that they signed with brussels there were many warnings that this was coming down the track we have the possibility to ban planned exports this is a message to astra zeneca you fulfill your part of the deal towards europe before you start to deliver to other countries the focus of a lot of the seems to be astra zeneca the vaccine manuf. commission president ursula for on the line said that astra zeneca had only delivered on 30 percent of the 19000000 or so doses they promised in the 1st quarter of 2021 plenty to keep an eye on on thursday coming out of brussels we also looking at the reaction to what's said in the european union from across the english channel in the united kingdom. well it's not the only very pu

head of the european commission says that she has become a scapegoat for europe's extremely slow code inoculation rate and laid the blame and vaccine maker astra zeneca steps next hears artie's piro of. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacturer astra zeneca it's got to do with delivery of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see repeats of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment of around 25000

now stray has asked the european commission to review its decision to cancel a shipment of astra zeneca vaccines to the country italy used the new export control mechanism to block the delivery after astra zeneca failed to meet its supply contract with the use let's get more details now from our europe correspondent peter all of he joins us from berlin good afternoon to you peter some are calling this a vaccine nationalism i suppose some people are calling it commonsense. well whatever you call it at the very heart of it are 250000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine that were supposed to be shipped from italy to australia the australian i beg your pardon the the italian government got involved in implemented this export control mechanism that was put in place after astra zeneca failed to live up to fail to fulfill its contract with the e.u. earlier this year now the australian government has asked the european commission to review this decision but while they've done that the australian prime minister has said he understands why this is in place. in italy people are dying at the right of

these are same time all saw the largest exporter of luck since the european commission said just under 11000000 vaccine doses had been exported from the e.u. to the united kingdom with 0 heading in the other direction what this mechanism would mean is that vaccines that had been set to go to the united kingdom while their exports could be blocked as long as companies will fail to live up to contracts that they signed with brussels there were many warning us that this was coming down the track we have the possibility to ban planned exports this is a message to astra zeneca you fulfill your part of the deal towards europe before you start to deliver to other countries the focus of a lot of the seems to be astra zeneca the vaccine manuf. commission president ursula fund the lion said that astra zeneca it only delivered on 30 percent of the $19000000.00 or so doses they promised in the 1st quarter of 2021 plenty to keep an eye on on thursday coming out of brussels but also looking at the reaction to what's said in the european union from across the english channel in the united kingdom. in

the grown—up thing would be for the european commission, and some of the european leaders, to not indulge in rhetoric but to recognise the obligations that we all have, pull together, where can we maximise supply and help roll out that supply. yesterday saw another record—breaking number of vaccinations in the uk, nearly 900,000. also on the programme: a warning that facemasks and some social distancing could be with us for years. oh, my goodness. parts of south—east australia are hit by the worst flooding, in decades. flooding in decades. balogun helped it on! and it's in from alfredo morelos. and rangers remain unbeaten, drawing with celtic in today's old firm derby. in today's old firm derby. good afternoon. the government has warned the european union, that any attempt to block the export of coronavirus vaccine to the uk, would be "counterproductive". the defence secretary, ben wallace, told the bbc there's a risk of reputational damage to the eu, if it stops vaccines manufactured on the continent from leaving. but frustration is widespread in some eu countries that they're not re

the head of the european commission says she's become a scapegoat for europe's extremely slow covert inoculation rate and laid the blame instead on vaccine makers astra zeneca reporting next year's peter oliver. well the e.u. commission are not happy at all with vaccine manufacture astra zeneca care it's got to do with delivery of the jobs to the e.u. as a bloc they were told that for the 1st quarter of 2021 they'd receive 100000000 doses they have received 10000000 doses even i can do the mathematics there 90 percent is the shortfall the e.u. commission has come in for a lot of criticism over failures in logistics and planning in its vaccine program underlying the e.u. commission president though is saying that astra zeneca needs to bear some of the responsibility as well we see esther's any case delivering below 10 percent of what had been contracted for the 1st quarter we are tired of being the scapegoat the european commission president did say that we could see a repeat of vaccines being blocked from leaving the european union we saw this last week when italy stopped a shipment

all right here's a reminder of that top story we're following for you the european commission has unveiled plans for a digital vaccine passed to profit the continent's tourism industry amid the pandemic its proposed allowing e.u. citizens to ship a digital certificate to prove that they have been vaccinated have tested negative or have recovered after contracting the virus. back to take you through the day stick around we'll be right back. if you would like to be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers every one of them has a plan of the initial for your children so nothing is just on the children who have already been the n.i.c.u. and those that will follow are part of a new house s. . they could be the future of. granting opportunities global news that matters d. w. made for mines. more than 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. with christianity firmly established there is a greater demand for houses of worship. and both religious and secular leaders are eager to display their power so churches become palaces. the race begins who can create

the european commission chief threatens to prevent 19000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine from being shipped to the u.k. if the fails to meet his supply commitments also in the headlines. of animals. to lash out at the rioters who were injured 20 offices in rallies against a controversial policing bill. worldwide news stories live from moscow this is the international thanks for joining us today . a lot of speed meeting with russia's covert vaccine developers to discuss various ways of accelerating the rollout both domestically and overseas he's also stressed the strong safety record of russian shots compared to foreign rivals. picks up the story probably the biggest news of the day here in russia and also with serious call friends boost for those who are still worried about the vaccination is . the announcement from president vladimir putin that he is going to get the vaccine tomorrow that is going to be chouse day march 23rd but we don't know which of the 3 russian made vaccines registered in this country he has chosen and it looks like the kremlin doesn't want to reveal that in or

european commission president ursula von der leyen did warned astrazeneca that it must catch up with vaccine deliveries to the eu before exporting doses elsewhere. she said the firm had only provided 30 out of 90 million doses it had promised and that 20 million doses had been exported to the uk. here'sjon donnison. with much of europe battling a third wave of the virus, no eu leader wants to appear weak on ensuring the eu receives its fair share of vaccines. last night, the president of the european commission said the eu had exported 21 million doses of the astrazeneca vaccine to the uk in the last four months, and nothing had come back in the other direction. i think it is clear for the company that, first of all, the company has to catch up, has to honour the contract it has with the european member states before it can engage again in exporting vaccines. but while the threat of an export ban on vaccines is there, many eu countries are still reluctant to enforce it in practice. and a statement issued after a marathon video conference call between the 27 eu leaders stopped short o

commission to come forward with. the news 2030 farm to fork strategy that aims to slash pesticide use by 50 percent so called nutrient losses and use of anti micro drugs should also be cut by the same amount your recruits hope by doing all that that allow the blocks organic sector to flourish in the next 10 years and see the eaves agriculture commissioner says an impact assessments been carried out that insisted more comprehensive reviews would be taking place he admitted to there would be a quote short term negative impact from the policies but the farmers' representative again says in fact in his view this simply going to lose market share. in general we are very much interested in maintaining our competitiveness and this means that in dice the consumers we need to be competitive in both the price and what the product sense it's blake basically price and quality ratio and what we feel that this person they use internal market there's a risk that we lose our competitiveness if the objectives and the principles that

the european commission outlining on monday that its member states need to look at a common approach to easing restrictions put in place by the kovac 19 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the bloc that is a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to help the member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner we're told that the data will be protected so there will be security around that but countries will be able to collect information all of those who are coming into the territory this proof will then be . restriction rules restrictions such as quarantine. testing that are currently in place but those restrictions will only be obligatory for seems they've already been approved by may when this comes

international the european commission confirms. being evenly distributed among. 3 of the country's forward national theatre saying they cannot survive the pandemic shut down of cultural sites. justice for new york state. victims' families who lost loved ones accused of covering up the death. rate by those still in county. governors. who cares where they try. to read a british musician. he's. just after 6 pm here in the russian capital this is the international a very warm welcome to you. tensions within the e.u. over its. chancellor is claiming that some states have made backroom deals for jobs supply breaking rules let's get some more details on this right now because all of the e.u. is not exactly. this what more can you tell us. well the e.u. vaccine procurement programs come under fire again this time it's a busty and could the austrian chancellor who's not very happy he says that it's amounted to when it comes to excess doses inside the group it's amounted to little more than a trading bazaar he's also unhappy at the way the v

that commission has proposed to create a digital grains a typical that would allow european citizens to travel across the block without having to quarantine on arrival the move comes following pressure from tourist realigned states that have been heavily affected by the pandemic who are now his challenge been skipped. the european commission outlining on monday that its member states need to look at a common approach now to easing restrictions put in place by the kovac 19 pandemic this is going to come in the sense of a framework which will look at things such as vaccination tests and also look at those who've been able to recover from the virus this is going to come in the form of a digital green certificate and the idea is to reestablish the freedom of movement across the block that is seems a fundamental right here in europe this is what the european commission president. had to say with this digital certificate to health member states reinstate the freedom of movement in a safe responsible and trusted manner we've told that the data would be protected so there will be security ar

you can see there is a tension between the european commission and astrazeneca, the company. the head of the company was clear they should not be exporting anything out of the european union. we should note astrazeneca has cut production to the eu three times in two quarters. there were a bunch of numbers presented by the head of the commission. what has been revealed, i want to run you through the numbers, the european production sites have provided a norma's muscle to the global supply chain. 77 million vaccines were exported outside of the european union. 21 million went to the united kingdom. that is almost two thirds of the supply coming from the european side. they were only able to administer 62 million vaccines. it is that gap creating the tension. the measures we are seeing are responding to that. annmarie: the only risk is the retaliatory measures. i'm sure the eu is thinking what those might be. joining us this friday morning, the chief investment strategist at northern trust management. i want to start with your speeches. you say european equities have outperforme

and just to recap before i let you go of our top story this hour the european commission has unveiled plans for a digital vaccine cast to prop up the continent's tourism industry and that the condemning its proposed allowing e.u. citizens to show a digital certificate to prove that they have been vaccinated have tested negative or have we covered it after contracting. do stick with us next step is business news with stephen beardsley and of course don't forget you can always find more news and analysis by heading to our website that says every dachau violently one rocket brian thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us i'll see you tomorrow. and you hear me now oh yes we're going to leave you in her last years german chancellor we bring you an angle a man and you've never heard her surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves her and want. to talk to people and follows her along. the way maurice and critics are like joining us from apple's lock stock. imagine too many push. ups right now in the room time injury because in the story this is