EU: B9‑0475/2021
Motion for a European Parliament resolution on creating a European compensation fund for victims of the ‘COVID-19 vaccines’
The European Parliament,
– having regard to Rule 143 of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has already recorded around a million cases of people experiencing adverse reactions from the COVID-19 vaccines:
– 435 779 due to the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine,
– 373 285 due to the AstraZeneca vaccine,
– 117 243 due to the Moderna vaccine,
– 27 694 due to the Janssen vaccine[1];
B. whereas these adverse reactions are sometimes severe; whereas around 75 000 people suffered from serious neurological effects as a result of taking the Pfizer vaccine;
C. whereas the EMA states that around 5 000 people have died in the EU as a result of taking the COVID-19 vaccines:
– 4 198 due to the Pfizer vaccine[2],
– 1 053 due to the AstraZeneca vaccine,
– 392 due to the Moderna vaccine,
– 138 due to the Janssen vaccine;
D. whereas the European Commission negotiated the purchase contracts and did not wish for the pharmaceutical companies to incur any liability; whereas MEPs were not granted access to the contracts during the negotiations;
1. Calls on the Commission to create a European compensation fund for victims of the COVID-19 vaccines;
2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and the Member States.
