BRUSSELS (AN) — The European Union's second-highest court ruled the European Commission illegally withheld key details of COVID-19 vaccine contracts worth billions, dealing a blow to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the eve of a crucial vote on her bid for a second term.
The European General Court, a constituent of the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union, on Wednesday ordered the release of redacted information from vaccine agreements signed with Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and other drugmakers in 2020 and 2021. These deals, worth about US$2.7 billion, secured over a billion doses for the bloc at the apex of the pandemic.
