Source: International Business Times
Ursula von der Leyen has at times been accused of centralised and opaque decision-making AFP A top court is to rule Wednesday on whether the EU failed the transparency test by declining to release text messages sent by Ursula von der Leyen to the head of Pfizer as the bloc tried to secure Covid vaccines. The case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (EUCJ) is seen as a test for the EU Commission president, whose governance has at times been accused of centralised and opaque decision-making. At its centre are elusive exchanges between von der Leyen and Albert Bourla, chief executive of Pfizer -- which was chosen by the bloc as its main vaccine supplier at the height of the pandemic.
