EU court annuls rejection of bid for EU's von der Leyen vaccine messages with Pfizer

The Commission had turned down its request, saying von der Leyen had not kept the messages. Picture: AP Photo/Antonin Utz

Europe's second-top court on Wednesday dismissed the European Commission's rejection of a New York Times' request to access text messages between its president Ursula von der Leyen and PfizerCEO Albert Bourla on the purchase of billions of euros of covid-19 vaccines.

The New York Times said the messages between January 1 2021 and May 11, 2022 at the height of the pandemic could shed light on the billion-euro vaccine deals.