EU forced "member states" to buy huge amounts of COVID vaccines?
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2026 7:27 pm
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/belgian-court-orders-poland-romania-buy-22-billion-pfizer-covid-vaccines-2026-04-01/
That's an aspect I somehow didn't know about. If the report is true, the EU had an agreement with Pfizer / Moderna to buy a certain amount of COVID vaccines. Then, they had to shove that amount into the EU citizens. Member states had nothing to say, and now some are trying to get out of the obligations (imposed on them by the EU earlier). The taxpayer will foot the bill for the additional vaccines that will likely now be trashed, too.
Funnily, because of the below-average vaccination rate of Poland, they ended up "donating" the surplus to Iran (and other places) years ago.. This is something that I only just learned, as well. I wonder if this is related to the WHO planning to vaccinate 70% of the world, overall, back then. Quite insane, either way. Health wasn't the goal, even with the best assumptions; only hitting arbitrary targets for profit or maybe other reasons.
That's an aspect I somehow didn't know about. If the report is true, the EU had an agreement with Pfizer / Moderna to buy a certain amount of COVID vaccines. Then, they had to shove that amount into the EU citizens. Member states had nothing to say, and now some are trying to get out of the obligations (imposed on them by the EU earlier). The taxpayer will foot the bill for the additional vaccines that will likely now be trashed, too.
Funnily, because of the below-average vaccination rate of Poland, they ended up "donating" the surplus to Iran (and other places) years ago.. This is something that I only just learned, as well. I wonder if this is related to the WHO planning to vaccinate 70% of the world, overall, back then. Quite insane, either way. Health wasn't the goal, even with the best assumptions; only hitting arbitrary targets for profit or maybe other reasons.