The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, defended the European Union’s vaccination strategy to combat the Covid-19 pandemic on Wednesday 10 February before MEPs, with a good dose of conviction, a hint of mea culpa, and new announcements to make up for the weaknesses that have been identified.
As had been suggested to her, Mrs von der Leyen began by emphasising vaccination figures, rather than the number of contracts signed and the number of doses secured. Since...