Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002009/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos (NI)
The decision of the European Court of Justice – establishing that the European Commission was wrong to withhold an explanation for its rejection of a journalist’s request for access to the messages exchanged between the President of the Commission and the President of Pfizer during the vaccine negotiations – completely fails to address the crux of the matter. It does not respond to the public call for the contracts to be published in their entirety, including details on the exact quantities and the terms and conditions of the contracts for the supply of vaccines during the pandemic. It also certainly fails to highlight the real scale of the problem, as well as the heavy liability left unattributed.
The matter is linked to fierce competition between pharmaceutical groups for ‘a slice of the pie’ – i.e. taxpayers’ money – with the the EU institutions fraternising with monopolistic groups.
Can the Commission therefore answer the following:
- 1.What view does it take of the fact that it is the Commission’s own responsibility to satisfy the public call for all contracts to be published in full – with their terms, conditions and quantities – so that the people know how many vaccines they paid for and why?
- 2.What view does it take of the fact that political and criminal liability needs to be attributed to those responsible for the predatory contracts that were demonstrably signed not only with this group but also with the others that concluded contracts with the EU for the supply of vaccines?
Submitted: 20.5.2025