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Ursula von der Leyen today apologized violently for the EU’s vaccine problems and admitted that the bloc acted “late” and “too confidently”.
Ursula von der Leyen today apologized violently for the EU’s vaccine problems and admitted that the bloc acted “late” and “too confidently”.
The President of the European Commission also admitted that the rollout was still not “where we want to be” in a humiliating speech in Brussels.
However, it defended the attempt to achieve a unified approach for the 27 Member States, despite comparing it to a “tanker” versus a British “speedboat”.
UK government numbers last night showed that 12,646,486 people have now received initial bumps, with another 516,392 having their booster.
In contrast, the EU as a whole has administered fewer than 18 million doses to its population of around 450 million people.
Around 4.6 million shocks are administered around the world each day, around one in ten in the UK.
At a plenary session of the EU Parliament, Ms. von der Leyen said: “We are still not where we want to be. We were late to authorize.
“We were overly optimistic about mass production and maybe we were overconfident that what we ordered would actually be delivered on time.”
The EU as a whole has given fewer than 18 million doses to its population of around 450 million people
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