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Originally Posted by jonbxx
But we didn't have to be part of the Commissions vaccine program even if we were part of the EU - that was each nations choice (see Hungary bringing the Sputnik vaccine in)
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Actually Hungary is part of the vaccine programme. The programme allows member states to contract with drug companies the commission is not dealing with, and it allows them also to place supplementary orders with companies the commission is dealing with, though those orders may not be fulfilled until after orders placed through the programme have been. The European Commission has not been negotiating to acquire any Russian vaccine.
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And, to repeat the point I made yesterday, if we were in the EU it would have been politically very difficult to have remained outside its procurement scheme.