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This excellent piece of reporting by Aitor Hernández-Morales and Lili Bayer for POLITICOEurope has kicked up a fuss in Portugal over the spending spree for its Council presidency.

AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot calls Thierry Breton at 5 every morning. Then it’s Moderna’s Stéphane Bancel and Pfizer’s Albert Bourla. Now Breton, the EU’s vaccine man, has added EU governments to his itinerary to make sure they’re “aligned.” politico.eu/article/commis…

China has approved four coronavirus vaccines, and increasing numbers of EU countries are interested in using them. From efficacy data to allegations of vaccine diplomacy, here's what you need to know, with Helen Collis and Stuart Lau 👇👇👇 politico.eu/article/everyt…

"Vaccine apartheid or corona-utopia — 6 post-pandemic futures" Sarah Wheaton looks into her crystal ball for POLITICOEurope. Great illustrations by Anuj Shrestha. politico.eu/article/corona…

We're hiring: POLITICOEurope is looking for a Health editor to lead the talented team who've made the running on so many pandemic and vaccine stories. jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/00…

Delighted that Gareth Harding 🇺🇦 is joining POLITICOEurope as Associate Editor in our Brussels newsroom. Playbook has the scoop: politico.eu/newsletter/bru…

.⁦POLITICOEurope⁩’s second China Direct newsletter is out, as Premier Li’s annual presser is still going on. (We managed to put some of it in!) Also: ⁦Radek Sikorski⁩ on EPP’s China strategy + ⁦China Research Group⁩ report on Belt & Road👇🏼 politico.eu/newsletter/chi…

Great read from David M. Herszenhorn on the surplus of presidents in the Conference on the Future of Europe, aka "a navel-gazing exercise about a navel-gazing exercise." POLITICOEurope politico.eu/article/at-sig…

Story on today's German state elections Bad night for CDU, Laschet Good night for Greens, SPD CDU/CSU still have big national lead, next govt most likely them+Greens But if CDU/CSU keep falling, other combos in the mix 👇More from Laurenz Gehrke politico.eu/article/angela…