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BRUSSELS, Belgium (LifeSiteNews) – The European Commission admitted in a letter Wednesday to its internal watchdog group the European Ombudsman that texts between Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla have disappeared.
The admission comes amid questions about a potential multibillion dollar deal between Pfizer and the European Union (EU) for COVID vaccines.
EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova said in the letter, “The Commission can confirm that the search undertaken by the President’s cabinet for relevant text messages corresponding to the request for access to documents has not yielded any results.” The texts between von der Leyen and Bourla were made amid a deal for COVID vaccines announced in May 2021. Von der Leyen told The New York Times that she was negotiating the deal with Bourla via text messages.
After a journalist was denied a freedom of information request for the texts, an investigation by European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly found that the
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