dutchguylivingintheuk
Über Member
Well, that the vaccine rollout is an bold decision is a fact, i can quote all the news articles blasting the uk at the time, but i'm pretty sure you where in those topics too, so i don't think that is unclear?
Secondly the eu has an APA with Astrazeneca and the UK has an license agreement, which means in this case that the uk also invested in astrazeneca/the vaccine and the EU did not, the just signed a contract that said they got it witout any profit AND with a liability waiver.(stating the eu won't sue them if they can't met the expected delivery.
sources:
https://europeanlawblog.eu/2021/04/...uropean-commissions-dispute-with-astrazeneca/
https://www.druces.com/astrazeneca-eu-contract-what-it-really-says/
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-key-differences-between-the-eu-and-uk-astrazeneca-contracts/
As you can read above the contracts look roughly the same but the Eu version has slight differences, which means the UK can invoke certain clauses altough the exact ''punishments'' are redacted, the Eu's version of the contract can only witholds payments until delivery.
On this part clearly the eu is missing lots of experience due to brexit. (and they where stupid to refuse earlier offers to work together (us-uk believe a lot more countries but the eu refused so it never materialised.)
