The BBC’s Andrew Marr asked European Commissioner for Financial Stability Mairead McGuinness whether Brussels is serious in its threats to block vaccine exports to Britain. “European Union, as I heard from your contributors, are being accused of vaccine nationalism. In fact, we could be accused of vaccine internationalism,” McGuinness replied, …
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Timing, they say, is everything. No sooner had UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres chastised the world’s wealthiest nations (without naming names) for failing the “greatest moral test of our times” by not ensuring equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines than President Joe Biden stepped to the podium and put his foot in …
Read More »UK engages in ‘perverse nationalism’ for seeking trade deal with US without EU, Ireland foreign affairs minister says
“This idea that Britain can get there first is narrow minded thinking, frankly,” Coveney told the Times in an interview on Saturday. “It’s a perverse nationalism when actually Britain and the EU should work together as partners,” he declared. Moreover, Coveney criticised the UK’s delay in performing agreed-to checks on …
Read More »Putin slams ‘caveman nationalism’ as detrimental to Russia, says every ethnicity should feel respected & at home in the country
The president was speaking to leaders of Russia’s parliamentary parties in a video conference on Wednesday. “Caveman nationalism, with the slogan ‘Russia is only for Russians,’ only harms Russians, only harms Russia,” he said. “We shouldn’t allow this to happen. Of course, we must make sure that the culture of …
Read More »‘Vital to resist vaccine nationalism’: UK trade minister says EU has reassured jabs will not be stopped at border
The UK government is “pleased that the EU admitted that the Article 16 invocation” was “a mistake and they are now not proceeding with that,” Truss said on Sky News’ ‘Sophie Ridge on Sunday’. It’s vital we work together, it’s vital we keep borders open and we resist vaccine nationalism. …
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