Jens Spahn makes an explosive suggestion internally: He wants a permit for exports of corona vaccines.
A reaction to harsh vaccine scolding.
Health Minister Jens Spahn is talking about a license requirement for exports of corona vaccines.
The EU would also like to increase transparency in the trade in vaccines.
There was resentment about delays in delivery by the Astrazeneca and Pfizer / Biontech groups.
Berlin - Federal Health
Minister Jens Spahn (CDU)
calls for a regulation at EU level for the export of corona vaccines.
"A corresponding obligation to
approve vaccine exports at EU level
makes sense," said Spahn on Monday.
"As the EU, we must be able to know whether and which vaccines are exported from the EU. This is the only way we can understand
whether our EU contracts with manufacturers are being served fairly
."
From his point of view, the EU should examine such a permit requirement, said Spahn, according to information from the German Press Agency from circles of participants in the first virtual meeting of the
newly elected CDU federal executive committee
.
There is such an export restriction in the USA, so Spahn.
On Monday, the
EU Commission also
proposed a so-called transparency register to record vaccine exports.
Just like the federal government, the EU Commission has come under fire because so far little corona vaccine has been available.
There was
resentment against several vaccine manufacturers
because they changed their original delivery commitments to the EU.
The
picture
even says that there are “concrete indications” of exports to the detriment of the EU and Germany.
The British-Swedish pharmaceutical company
Astrazeneca announced
on Friday
that it would initially deliver fewer corona vaccine doses to the EU than planned.
The reason is problems in "a plant in our European supply chain".
A week earlier,
Pfizer had informed about delays in delivery of the Biontech vaccine
due to renovation work in a Belgian plant.
The Brussels authority had
negotiated
framework agreements with the manufacturers
in connection with the approval of the vaccines
.
Corona vaccines: EU puts pressure on manufacturers
In response to the delays, the EU Commission is now putting pressure on the manufacturer
Astrazeneca
to deliver
promised vaccine quantities
without compromises and without delay
.
On January 6, the EU also approved the vaccine from the US company
Moderna
.
A few days later, the first Moderna vaccine doses arrived in Germany.
A framework agreement was also concluded with Moderna - for the delivery of up to 160 million cans -
enough for 80 million EU citizens.
According to the dpa,
Chancellor
Angela Merkel (CDU)
renewed her announcement at the board meeting on Monday that there should be a vaccination offer to everyone who wanted to be offered by late summer.
She emphasized that caregivers should be vaccinated quickly.
(
ck / AFP / dpa
).
