The EU’s general court has ruled against the European Commission in a battle over the publication of private text messages between president Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer’s chief executive during negotiations to supply Covid-19 vaccines.
The New York Times had sued the commission over its refusal to disclose the messages which were exchanged in 2021. The general court on Wednesday rejected the commission’s argument that it could not find them, forcing the institution to search again or provide a more plausible explanation for why they cannot be made public.
“The commission did not provide . . . any plausible explanation as to why it had not been able to find the requested documents,” the court said in its ruling.
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