European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen will have to answer for how she procured the Covid-19 vaccines for Europe over private text messages with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.
Von der Leyen was just re-elected as the EC president and has seemed to evade scandal after scandal. But this one warrants investigation for the people of Europe. The court will reportedly commission a 15-person panel of judges to determine if she illegally withheld private messages.
This is not the first time that she has “lost” communications. In 2020, Germany cleared her of accusations of awarding lucrative contracts from the defense ministry to outside consultants without proper oversight when she was the Defense Minister. She was cleared of this but investigators found data from two of her phones was wiped. That’s convenient and familiar, no?
What could happen to her if it is found that she was wheeling and dealing money that belonged to the people of Europe based on influence and lack of oversight? Probably nothing because she’s slippery but one can hope.
