On whose instruction is the scandal surrounding Brussels silenced?

On whose instruction is the scandal surrounding Brussels silenced?

In the past few months, Brussels was heavily criticised for its vaccination programme. Now, in order to avoid additional questions, they are attempting to silence critical voices in the press.

POLITICS MARCH 25. 2021 09:42

Although Brussels is portraying itself as the champion of transparency, it is trying to keep the conditions of procuring coronavirus vaccines under wraps. In Hungary, however, vaccine procurement contracts have been made public.

At the time V4NA was established, Miklos Omolnar was accredited to the European Union as a project manager in Brussels, and was previously a member of the European Affairs Committee during his parliamentary career.

On his YouTube channel, the journalist revealed the contracts sealed by the EU with the four main vaccine manufacturers, Pfizer, Moderna, Sanofi and Janssen. The four contracts were described by the Brussels bureaucracy as SENSITIVE, implying that they are, in fact, trying to keep something secret.

European Commission spokesperson Stephan De Keersmecker had said the purchase orders for the vaccines were placed by member states, with the EC playing no role in this. However, the documents published by Mr Omolnar reveal that this is not true. The contracts were concluded by the European Union, with Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides as the signatory.

Miklos Omolnar also told TV2 s morning show Mokka that certain details of the document had been classified.

The European Commission has only published the AstraZeneca contracts on its official website so far, but those document also have pages with their full content obscured.

It so appears that Brussels is doing everything in its power to silence critical voices, including the voices of journalists, who would ask questions about the suspicious details of the joint jab procurement.

A search on the BBC website for „vaccine contract Hungary” does not return any articles.

The same applies to the English-language website of the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

Politico and The Guardian have not reported on the topic, either.

Consequently, V4NA has sent a written inquiry to the afore-mentioned press and media outlets, in order to ask:

  • 1. Who instructed you to stay silent on the scandal regarding Brussels central vaccine procurement?

Our questions to the European Commission were as follows:

  • 1. Why have you classified some important paragraphs 
    in the contracts?
  • 2. Don t you feel that European citizens have the right to know what type of contracts are being concluded in the sake of their health?
  • 3. Why would you want to sweep these issues under the rug?
  • 4. According to our sources, several bureaucrats in Brussels have made an effort to prevent journalists from asking questions concerning Brussels botched joint vaccine procurement process. Why would you want to silence journalists?

We also contacted the European Medicines Agency, to find out

  • 1. Why do you want to sweep these issues under the rug?
  • 2. Are there any passages in the European Medicines Agency s Code of Conduct that prohibit agency representatives from accepting gifts from vaccine manufacturers?

Earlier, with regard to the issue of vaccine procurements, V4NA has also contacted the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), any they did NOT deny that there is an ongoing investigation in the case.

„We are not in a position to reply to your question. OLAF does not usually issue statements on cases it may or may not be treating. This is in order to protect the confidentiality of our work”, they wrote.

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brussels, contract, coronavirus, european commission, vaccine