German Tabloid Praises ‘Vaccination Masters’ Boris, Trump, Netanyahu, Criticises ‘Junk’ EU.
German media continues to criticise the European Union’s bureaucratic and slow handling of coronavirus vaccine procurement, with Bild hailing, by comparison, the “vaccination masters” Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and Benjamin Netanyahu.
The tabloid Bild, which has the highest circulation in Germany, published Friday an article praising the vaccination programmes of former U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who last month took the UK out of the EU transition period, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Bild wrote:
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, this trio has been silently mocked and ridiculed by the [German] federal government and the EU Commission.But when it came to vaccinations, they put Berlin and Brussels in the shade: The then U.S. President Donald Trump (74), British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (56), and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (71) have the most successful vaccination campaigns up and running in the Western World.The fact is: As of January 26th, Israel had vaccinated 32 per cent of its citizens at least once against coronavirus. In Great Britain, it was at least 10.6 per cent, and in the USA, six per cent. By comparison: Germany has vaccinated two per cent and the entire EU was 1.9 per cent.
The newspaper went on to praise former President Trump for preparing for the vaccination programme since February 2020 and the speed with which his procurement project advanced.
“Instead of haggling over the price for months like the EU Commission did, Netanyahu bravely grabbed the state wallet,” the author also said of the Israeli leader.
“Brexit Boris laid the foundation for vaccination success” in March 2020 by bringing together Oxford University with AstraZeneca, the article said, and rather than “waiting for the junk EU Commission”, Johnson ordered 30 million doses from Pfizer-BioNTech on July 20th. Breitbart.
