Belgian lobbyist Frédéric Baldan filed a criminal complaint against President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on 5 April 2023 for "usurpation of functions and title", "destruction of public documents", "illegal interests-taking and corruption". Subsequently, Hungary and Poland joined. However, at the initiative of new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Warsaw announced that it was withdrawing its complaint.

Hungary and Poland are simultaneously being sued by Pfizer, this time for non-payment for doses ordered on their behalf by the European Commission. The Brussels court issued a first provisional judgment on 3 April 2023 and must now rule on the merits.

At stake in the complaint is the €20 billion, and potentially €35 billion, contract between the EU and the multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer. In addition, millions of doses of anti-Covid mRNA drugs (mislabeled as "vaccines") worth $4 billion were lost.

The complaint centers on a text message exchange, revealed by The New York Times, between von der Leyen and Pfizer boss Albert Bourla.

Journalist Alexander Fanta (Netzpolitik.org) tried in vain to get a copy of the text messages. Efforts by the EU Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, have failed. The New York Timeshas filed a complaint against Ursula von der Leyen under Articles 41 and 42 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, which grant a right of access to documents of the European Parliament, Council and Commission.

A directive requires national public prosecutors to notify the European Public Prosecutor’s Office of cases for which they believe it could be competent. However, one year later, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has still not responded to the notification submitted to it by the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office.

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