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Originally Posted by Almamida
You’re rewriting what happened.
Europe has been regularly exporting its vaccine production, since the beginning.
When the Italian PM requested to block exportation to Australia, Europe agreed as other countries were definitely in urgent need of vaccine while the Australian situation was largely under control.
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To quote from one EU spokesperson:
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Vaccine exports from the EU to Canada are still subject to an authorization request. Under the strengthened rules, introduced today, export authorizations should be granted where they do not pose a threat to the security of supply of vaccines and their components in the [EU]
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This was around March 24, 2021.
From what I've read elsewhere such as the quote below from a BBC story, this issue was more due to European Commision's bureaucracy than any other issue.
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Some EU governments are beginning to show impatience with Brussels, which had hoped its vaccination purchasing scheme would be a beacon of European solidarity and strength.
The Commission's laboured negotiating process, the tardy approval of vaccines by the EU's medical regulator and delays now in vaccine deliveries have left EU citizens demanding answers and action, our correspondent says.
Markus Söder, the Bavarian premier and Germany's possible future chancellor, told ZDF television on Friday that it was his impression that the commission "ordered too late, and only bet on a few companies, they agreed on a price in a typically bureaucratic EU procedure and completely underestimated the fundamental importance of the situation."
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