MOSCOW – European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen’s recent remark on the possible approval of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine smacks of an attempt to save face and her position, Roman Haider, an EU lawmaker from the Freedom Party of Austria, told Sputnik on Thursday.
Haider’s comments follow the EU authorities’ attempts to grapple with criticism over the slowdown in vaccination across the 27-nation bloc.