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EU Court Rules Against Ursula von der Leyen Over Lack of Transparency in Pfizer Communications

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The European Union's Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, is facing a significant legal and political challenge due to the "Pfizergate" scandal. A recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that the Commission did not provide "plausible" explanations for their decisions, dealing a significant blow to von der Leyen's leadership and credibility. This decision has been interpreted as a sign of centralized and opaque decision-making within the Commission.

  1. EU Court of Justice
    1. The Commission has not sufficiently clarified whether the requested text messages were deleted and, if so, whether the deletion was done deliberately or automatically or whether the president's mobile phone had been replaced in the meantime.
    2. The Commission cannot merely state that it does not hold the requested documents.
  2. NL
    Bondine Kloostra
    1. This case presents a very important issue: whether officials may evade public transparency by communicating via text messages rather than more traditional means.
  3. BE
    Olivier Hoedeman
    Corporate Europe Observatory
    1. Von der Leyen has gathered more power than any other president before her, leading the Commission with a centralized and secretive approach — and this has clearly backfired.
    2. The Commission must start seeing transparency as something to embrace, not fear. Otherwise, it fuels conspiracy theories instead of trust.
  4. FI
    Päivi Leino-Sandberg
    University of Helsinki
    1. The Commission keeps repeating its commitment to transparency, but when it comes to implementing those principles, it's falling short.

sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.Le Monde
  3. 3.The Times of India
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse
  5. 5.Guardian
  6. 6.Liberation
  7. 7.New York Times
  8. 8.Politico
  9. 9.Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

perspectives

  1. 1.Scandal
  2. 2.Regulation
  3. 3.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
  4. 4.Healthcare
  5. 5.Vaccination
  6. 6.Covid-19 Pandemic
  7. 7.Fraud

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.BelgiumBE
  3. 3.FranceFR
  4. 4.HungaryHU
  5. 5.LuxembourgLU
  6. 6.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.European Commission
  2. 2.Pfizer/BioNTEch
  3. 3.Fidesz
  4. 4.Court of Justice
  5. 5.EU Court of Justice
  6. 6.EU Parliament
  7. 7.European Union
  8. 8.Pakistan Tahreek-e-InsafPK
  9. 9.Telex
  10. 10.Transparency International
  11. 11.University of Helsinki

persons

  1. 1.Ursula Von Der LeyenDE
  2. 2.Albert Bourla
  3. 3.Martin Schirdewan
  4. 4.Matina Stevis-Gridneff
  5. 5.Bondine KloostraNL
  6. 6.Olivier HoedemanBE
  7. 7.Päivi Leino-SandbergFI
  8. 8.Paolo Stancanelli
  9. 9.Péter Magyar
  10. 10.Viktor OrbanHU
  11. 11.Vladimir PutinRU

technicals

  1. 1.Covid-19 Pandemic