Continental newspapers give harsh verdicts on the European commission’s actionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our
Coronavirus coverageMany EU countries may have more than enough to deal with domestically – from surging Covid cases in Portugal to forthcoming regional
elections in
Spain and political turmoil in
Italy – but the events of Friday night, and of the preceding few days, have not gone unremarked in the European press.
Fears over delays in receiving vaccines and questions over procurement and investment were all brought into uncomfortably sharp focus over the weekend after the EU’s messy announcement of potential export controls on vaccines produced within the bloc.