Many pro -healing organizations carry Tjue on “Pfizergate”

Many NGOs focused on matters Public ethics and transparency They celebrated The ruling issued on Wednesday from the General Court of the European UnionOne of the two skepticists of the Federation’s Court of Justice (TJUE). This states that the European Commission did not provide a reasonable explanation after refusing to provide high -level WhatsApp talks Between Ursula von der Lynne and Fazer’s director during the Corona virus pandemic. These will be on Covid-19 vaccine purchase contracts with a drug giant.
After the revelation of the “New York Times” about the presence of messages between von der Lin and the President of Fayzer, Albert Burla, in those critical months, a journalist from the American newspaper submitted a request to reach the messages. at that time , The committee denied this petitionOn the pretext that text messages, by their nature, are fast and do not meet the criteria that will be included in the organization’s general documentation system.
“Today’s decision It is a victory for transparency The responsibility in the European Union. A spokesman for the “New York Times” said in a statement after the sentence, that he is sending a strong message that fast -term communications are not far from the reach of the general scrutiny. Officials are binding b Deal with text messages like any other work document He criticized the European Commission administration. According to the court, the committee cannot confirm that it does not have the required documents, and it must be presented Reliable interpretations Which allows both the public and the court to understand the reason for the lack of documents.
“Today’s ruling indicates that transparency and democratic responsibility should not be practiced behind the closed doors in the European Union,” MEP said. Tele Metz (Luxembourg / Greens). Central Europe adds that when important decisions and agreements are implemented, there is a danger Commercial interests prevail over the public good. Metz also participated in another judicial operation, which started in 2021, against Von der Leyen regarding the transparency of vaccine contracts. In this case, the committee published very monitoring documents; It is the end of the European Union’s Court of Justice, which it was subsequent When observing violations in the aforementioned procedure.
In 2022, the European Union Secretary of Grievances, Theresa Enginho, criticized the management of the committee before the New York Times request, describing it as a “touch of attention” to the European Union. In response to today’s ruling, Enginho announced the following: “The court – as a defender’s ruling – confirms once again that the right to access the documents requires that the affected institutions are as maximum as possible and in an unpredictable and predictable way, Always prepare and keep documents related to their activities“The defender also asked the committee to extract the necessary conclusions from the sentence today and ensure full respect for access to documents.
“This sentence reminds us again that the European Union is governed by the rule of law and that its leaders are subject to Continuous audit of free media and independent court“NYT” is “the victory of everyone, as this sentence is called to lead to a greater responsibility for the actions of European Union leaders. “To what happened.” In his opinion, transparency and accountability are necessary when it comes to public health decisions such contracts, which affect millions of people. ” Show your commitment to increased public responsibilityHe added.
The European Commission, which has two months to submit an appeal, said that it will closely study the General Court’s decision before it was decided its next steps. He has also announced plans to adopt a new decision that provides a more detailed explanation in response to the original demand for “New York Times”. A spokesman for the committee said: “Transparency has always been of the utmost importance for the committee and President von der Lin. We will continue to fulfill the strong legal framework in force to enforce our obligations.”