{"id":25633,"date":"2025-05-14T08:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/court-sides-with-new-york-times-over-access-to-e-u-covid-vaccine-messages\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T08:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T08:31:36","slug":"court-sides-with-new-york-times-over-access-to-e-u-covid-vaccine-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/court-sides-with-new-york-times-over-access-to-e-u-covid-vaccine-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Sides With New York Times Over Access to E.U. Covid Vaccine Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a judgment that could help to shape how transparent the European Union\u200b must be on matters of public interest, judges on Wednesday said the bloc should not have denied a journalist\u2019s request for text messages exchanged as a top official negotiated for coronavirus vaccine access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ruling was issued by the European Union\u2019s second-highest court, the General Court, in Luxembourg, in a case brought by The New York Times against the European Commission in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The case centered on the commission\u2019s decision not to release text messages between Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the commission, and Pfizer\u2019s chief executive, Albert Bourla, which the two had exchanged in 2021 while striking a deal for Covid-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The legal question at the core of the case was whether such text messages are considered documents under European Union law, and in what cases they potentially should have been retained and disclosed. The commission argued that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/15\/world\/europe\/new-york-times-european-commission-covid-vaccine-lawsuit.html\" title=\"\">text messages were \u201cshort-lived\u201d<\/a> and so were not covered by the bloc\u2019s transparency requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe commission cannot merely state that it does not hold the requested documents but must provide credible explanations enabling the public and the court to understand why those documents cannot be found,\u201d the judges said in their decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe commission has also failed to explain in a plausible manner why it considered that the text messages exchanged in the context of the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines did not contain important information,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The European Commission can appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The case raised questions about how much information the public should get about negotiations that cost taxpayers money and shape public policy, and it could also set a legal precedent about what is considered an official document in the European Union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It also could have implications for the European Commission\u2019s reputation for disclosure at an important moment. Ms. von der Leyen began her second five-year term as leader of the commission, the bloc\u2019s executive arm, late last year, and she has made standing up for core values like democracy and transparency key to her image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s a case about transparency, but ultimately, it\u2019s a case about accountability,\u201d said Nick Aiossa, director of the group Transparency International E.U., an anticorruption group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ruling is the culmination of years of back-and-forth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Times <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/28\/world\/europe\/european-union-pfizer-von-der-leyen-coronavirus-vaccine.html\" title=\"\">reported in April 2021<\/a> that Ms. von der Leyen and Dr. Bourla had been exchanging texts and calls for a month as they negotiated over E.U. access to the vaccines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After reading that article, Alexander Fanta, then a reporter at a German news outlet, filed a freedom-of-information request with the commission asking for the text messages. He was not given them. The E.U. ombudsman criticized the move, arguing that the commission had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.europa.eu\/en\/decision\/en\/158295#_ftnref8\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">engaged in maladministration<\/a> by not adequately searching for the text messages in response to Mr. Fanta\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the commission did not back down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Times and its former Brussels bureau chief, Matina Stevis-Gridneff, followed up with a similar request for the messages. When access to messages was refused, The Times took the commission to court, filing a suit in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/new-york-times-sue-european-union-ursula-von-der-leyen-pfizer-texts\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">early 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Throughout the lawsuit, the commission has maintained that the text messages did not have to be saved and disclosed, arguing that because such messages are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/commission-says-cant-find-ursula-von-der-leyen-pfizer-text-doesnt-need-to\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">short-lived by nature<\/a>, they are not subject to the European Union\u2019s retention and transparency rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Bloc representatives have not said whether anyone at the commission other than Ms. von der Leyen at any point reviewed the contents of the messages. At one point it said that it <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/commission-says-cant-find-ursula-von-der-leyen-pfizer-text-doesnt-need-to\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">could not find<\/a> the relevant messages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And Paolo Stancanelli, a lawyer representing the commission, said during a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/15\/world\/europe\/new-york-times-european-commission-covid-vaccine-lawsuit.html\" title=\"\">hearing in November<\/a>, \u201cI am not able to tell you until when they existed, or if they still exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When both sides <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/15\/world\/europe\/new-york-times-european-commission-covid-vaccine-lawsuit.html\" title=\"\">laid out their cases<\/a> in Luxembourg at that hearing last year, lawyers for The Times argued that the European Commission actively encouraged its staff members to use disappearing text messages in communication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The messages drew attention in part because they were about a subject of great public interest \u2014 the deal for Covid vaccines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The agreement with Pfizer was one of the biggest procurement contracts in European Union history. It was hailed by many as a success: Through it, the bloc managed to secure 1.8 billion doses, enough shots to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/28\/world\/europe\/european-union-pfizer-von-der-leyen-coronavirus-vaccine.html\" title=\"\">push up vaccination rates<\/a> across the European Union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, the commission has been plagued with transparency complaints surrounding the negotiations for the agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The commission has published redacted purchasing agreements but has not disclosed the full terms of the contracts it secured for Covid vaccines. It has said it needs to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/statement_24_3866\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">strike a balance<\/a> between making information public and satisfying the legal requirements of the vaccine contracts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The text message issues only served to deepen concerns about disclosure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cTransparency and public access to government documents play a vital role in democratic oversight,\u201d Bondine Kloostra, a lawyer for The Times, said in her opening argument at the 2024 hearing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/14\/world\/europe\/eu-texts-covid-new-york-times.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a judgment that could help to shape how transparent the European Union\u200b must be on matters of public interest,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1805,7105,1787,154,151,1907,569,7103,4709,7104,3006,1909,1908],"class_list":["post-25633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-albert","tag-bourla","tag-brussels-belgium","tag-decisions-and-verdicts","tag-europe","tag-european-commission","tag-european-union","tag-general-court-european-union","tag-new-york-times","tag-pfizer-inc","tag-text-messaging","tag-ursula","tag-von-der-leyen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Court Sides With New York Times Over Access to E.U. 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