Judgment day in EU chief's Covid vaccine texts case
- The European Court of Justice will rule on a 2023 case about Ursula von der Leyen's withheld Covid vaccine text messages with Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla.
- The lawsuit followed the European Commission's refusal to release texts revealed by The New York Times, citing inability to find unarchived messages.
- The case challenges the Commission's claim that messages lacked substantive content requiring archiving amid accusations of opaque, centralized governance.
- Lawyer Bondine Kloostra stated the case questions if officials evade transparency by using private text messages instead of formal communication.
- The ruling could set precedent for EU officials' communication transparency, affecting how digital exchanges relate to public access rules.
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ECJ to rule on Von der Leyen text message case
The ECJ is to rule on whether or not European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was wrong to withhold text messages she shared with the head of a major drug company over a multi-billion euro contract to supply hundreds of millions of Covid vaccines.


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