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Von der Leyen’s SMS Affair: Facts and Consequences # Introduction # The controversy surrounding SMS communication between EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has raised fundamental questions about transparency in European institutions. In spring 2021, when the EU Commission concluded a contract for 1.8 billion vaccine doses with Pfizer, the New York Times reported on personal text messages between the two. What followed was an institutional failure in documentation and transparency.

No-Confidence Motion Against von der Leyen # Can this really be true? Given everything we know about Ursula von der Leyen, everyone should be asking themselves that question.