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Politico (24 February 2021)

By David M. Herszenhorn And Jacopo Barigazzi

As EU heads of state and government convene by videoconference on Thursday afternoon, they are under severe pressure to show concrete progress in managing the pandemic — and many are looking to the European Commission for answers. 

But Brussels has no major breakthroughs to report, according to senior officials and diplomats.

Vaccine distribution remains slow. COVID variants from Britain, South Africa and Brazil are spreading across the EU. And several capitals have once again unilaterally shut their borders, posing a threat to commerce and drawing a written reprimand from Brussels.

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