EU Admits UK Did Not Ban Vaccine Exports!
The EU was forced to admit that the United Kingdom had not imposed a vaccine export ban, after earlier accusing the British government of blocking exports.
On Tuesday, European Council President Charles Michel had claimed Britain had “imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines”. Brussels itself can enact export controls to stop the export of vaccines from the bloc even if produced under contract for a non-EU country.
Downing Street had called for an apology and retraction. A European Commission spokesman told The Guardian on Thursday that the EU’s powerful executive arm accepted the allegations Britain was banning vaccine exports were not true.
“We know that different countries have got different measures in place – that doesn’t concern vaccines, as far as we understand, coming from the UK,” the spokesman said. Breitbart.
