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"It's not so much that we risk stagflation as we're already there. We have basically pulled forward trillions of dollars of economic growth by borrowing from the future, but that must be repaid at some point. And it is highly inefficient as well."
1 Apr, 2024 16:23As if an example was called for in these times of fluidity, Ursula von der Leyen has shown that women can be as accomplished in the arts of corruption and warmongering as any man.
EU prosecutors take up Von der Leyen corruption probe - Politico
Investigators are reportedly looking into private text messages between the European Commission president and the CEO of Pfizer
The EU's top prosecutors have taken over an ongoing corruption investigation into European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Politico reported on Monday citing an unnamed spokesperson for the Liege Prosecutor's Office in Belgium.
The probe relates to the purchase of nearly two billion Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses for the EU at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. The prosecution claims the EC chief negotiated the multi-billion-euro deal with the pharmaceutical giant's CEO, Alber Bourla, in private via text messages before clinical trials for the vaccine were completed.
Von der Leyen has refused to disclose the content of those messages, claiming she cannot find them.
Investigators from the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), who have been working on the case for the past few months, reportedly believe that Von der Leyen may be guilty of "interference in public functions, destruction of SMS, corruption and conflict of interest," according to legal documents seen by Politico.
Despite the allegations and von der Leyen herself admitting that she privately communicated with Bourla for nearly a month before signing the nearly โฌ20 billion ($21.5 billion) deal, no formal charges have yet been brought against the EC chief.
The case has been supported by the governments of Poland and Hungary, which have also filed official complaints about Von der Leyen's role in the vaccine negotiations, Politico's sources said. The outlet noted, however, that Warsaw moved to withdraw the complaint after Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-EU government came to power last year.
The New York Times, which first reported in 2021 that private conversations between Von der Leyen and Bourla had indeed taken place prior to the signing of the vaccine deal, has also filed a lawsuit against the EC for refusing to disclose the content of the text messages and turning down a request for access to documents.
The case against the EC chief has garnered "extremely high public interest," according to EU officials, amid concerns that the bloc purchased significantly more Covid shots than were necessary.
In December last year, Politico reported that EU states had dumped at least 215 million doses, which had cost taxpayers as much as โฌ4 billion ($4.3 billion). Despite this, the vaccines will continue flowing to the EU under the contract with Pfizer, at least until 2027.
Finally, EU President Ursula von der Leyen has suddenly dramatically increased economic warfare on China, pushing the European Commission to open probes on scores of Chinese exports. Where exactly did all this come from?There is more:
It's almost as if the US and its allies seized upon the tensions between Iran and Israel in order to "whitewash" their slate and double down on a series of objectives they are otherwise losing public support for, including the war in Ukraine, but also Israel's invasion of Gaza. One has to wonder if the Israeli attack on the Iranian compound in Damascus, which provoked Tehran's response, was deliberately staged, coordinated and planned for this purpose. It served the mutually convenient goal of letting both Prime Minister Netanyahu and Western governments off the hook for whatever opposition they had otherwise faced.
Comment: The US supports Israel unconditionally and apart from heavy funding from Israel of US congressmen, there is also the blackmailing angle, which Tucker Carlson dared to voice recently:
Tucker Carlson finally blows the pedophilia lid off on puppet control And Tucker continued: