Macron calls for Covid vaccine exports from EU to be controlled

French president bemoans questionable behaviour' and says deliveries do not honour' contractural agreements

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Emmanuel Macron has said Europe will not block or ban exports of coronavirus vaccines but that they should be controlled", accusing AstraZeneca of a lack of transparency after the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company said it could not fulfil the whole of its contract with the EU.

In an interview with the Guardian and a small group of other media, the French president insisted it was in everyone's interest for all countries to have access to vaccines.