“Since the very beginning of the vaccination campaign in Europe, we have heard questionable excuses from pharmaceutical companies trying to justify their failure to respect agreed commitments and live up to EU citizens’ expectations. This is not acceptable. Europe has paid for these vaccines in advance with public money and we demand that companies respect the agreements.
Every single day of delay is a failure for our health and the economic recovery. „
The S&D Group sent a clear message to pharmaceutical CEOs this week, calling on companies to increase the production of vaccines and look at future challenges with new variants and strains.
Ahead of the European Council, Group leader Iratxe García Pérez called on EU leaders to speed up vaccine production, deal with the social and economic consequences of the pandemic fairly and make progress on a European Health Union.