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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam McNeil

Court rules in favor of the New York Times over texts between an EU chief and a pharma boss

Europe Court Text Messages - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A top European court ruled on Wednesday that the European Commission was wrong to refuse the New York Times access to text messages sent between President Ursula von der Leyen and a pharmaceutical boss during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. newspaper’s lawyers “succeeded in rebutting the presumption of non-existence and of non-possession of the requested documents,” according to a statement from the European Union’s General Court in Luxembourg.

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