LE FIGARO.
- Brussels threatens to block vaccine exports to the United Kingdom if the British refuse to share with the EU part of the AstraZeneca doses produced on their territory.
Will they give in?
Pascal CANFIN
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- I'm convinced.
The British are at the end of the benefits of their strategy of vaccine nationalism.
They played the stowaways.
They signed a contract with AstraZeneca which explicitly excludes all deliveries of doses to the EU.
And, at the same time, another with Pfizer / BioNtech which implied that the doses injected into the UK come from Europe.
The Europeans are now ready to block exports of AstraZeneca vaccines to the United Kingdom until the company closes its delivery delays.
And the Indians have just decided to block their vaccine exports as well.
These two sources of supply will therefore dry up.
And, April is going to be very complicated for London.
The situation
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