EU trades barbs with top scientist forced out in Covid-19 row
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from Science | The Guardian on (#51W7X)
Brussels agency accuses Mauro Ferrari of being 'at best economical with truth' in resignation statement
The EU's former top scientist has been accused by the Brussels agency he led of being "at best economical with the truth" over claims in his resignation statement that he had been blocked from funding treatments and vaccines to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
In an extraordinary row that highlights the tensions being wrought within the EU's institutions by the health crisis, the board of the European Research council issued a damning statement about the man they chose to lead them three months ago.
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