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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes a statement during an official visit to the Pfizer pharmaceutical company in Puurs, Belgium, April 23, 2021
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EUROPEAN UNION: A top EU court ruled today that the bloc’s commission was wrong to refuse the New York Times access to text messages sent between EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and a pharmaceutical boss during the Covid-19 pandemic, spurring further calls for reform from transparency advocates.
The newspaper’s lawyers “succeeded in rebutting the presumption of non-existence and of non-possession of the requested documents,” according to a statement by the EU General Court in Luxembourg.
