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French vaccine 'banned in France' thanks to EU is now available for Brexit Britain

French vaccine 'banned in France' thanks to EU is now available for Brexit Britain

FRANCE'S Valneva vaccine availability has been brutally mocked, with a Frexiteer claiming it is "banned" in his country "because of the European Union" and it is now being made available to Britain thanks to Brexit.

Last week, it was revealed the Valneva Covid vaccine will be made available to the UK first after the European Union and President Emmanuel Macron failed to pre-order doses. The jabs have already been pre-ordered by Downing Street, with manufacturing taking place in Livingston, Scotland, illustrating yet more evidence of the UK streaking ahead of its rivals with its vaccination programme. Brexit Britain has reportedly secured an order for 190 million doses over five years, with the first 60 million of the 100 million doses set to continue into the first quarter of next year, with the rest also due for delivery in 2022.

UK authorities also have the option for a further 90 million doses to be delivered between 2023 and 2025 that would bring the total value of the order up to £1.2billion.

But in what has proved to be a major source of embarrassment for the EU and France, no deal was agreed with Valneva to deliver vaccine doses to the bloc.

Talks between the parties got underway at the start of last year but collapsed on the grounds "the French company had not fulfilled the conditions" for marketing in Europe.

Now the latest humiliating failure from the EU and France has been brutally mocked by one leading Frexit campaigner.

The UK is reported to have secured tens of millions of the Valneva vaccine 


Patrice Cali, a leading figure of the eurosceptic Union Populaire Républicaine (UPR), raged on Twitter: "Valneva (traditional vaccine, not RNA), a French success....in the United Kingdom, thanks to Brexit and banned in France because of the EU!"

Last week, Foulques Combat de Lauwe, Municipal councillor of Nantes, raged: "Chronicle of European and French industrial and health short-sightedness.

"Valneva, a beautiful Nantes biotech, had everything to be the first to offer a French vaccine to Europeans.

"It is done, but for Great Britain… who has left the EU!"

Patrice Cali said the Valneva vaccine is a 'French success...in the United Kingdom'


Christelle Morancais, President of the Pays-de-la-Loire region, tweeted earlier this year: "It’s such a waste to see Valneva vaccines go to the UK.

"The British rolled out the red carpet for them, but France didn’t.

"It is time to show more responsiveness, flexibility and simplification!"

Speaking in April, after Valneva had called off the talks with the EU, the firm's chief executive expressed his frustration having gone “in circles” without progress.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen


Just weeks later, 12 EU member states, including France, suggested they wanted to order vaccines themselves rather than through the bloc’s procurement system.

Valneva chief financial officer David Lawrence said the company is “speaking with various governments”.

He added: He added: “We believe that our inactivated vaccine can make a major contribution to the ongoing fight against the pandemic and remain committed to bringing it to market.”

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Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia and specialist in infectious diseases, said: “The question is, who’s it for, because we’ve ordered more than enough Pfizer vaccine to vaccinate everyone [in the UK] in the autumn.

“I suspect we’ve done it so we can get it up and running and donate it or sell it to other countries down the line.”

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