Brussels deny UK missed EU coronavirus ventilator drive because of email mix-up
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mirror.co.ukBrussels hit out at claims the UK had missed out on a joint bid across the EU for ventilators due to an email mix-up. The European Commission denied “initial communication problem” meant that Britain missed out.
Business minister Alok Sharma repeated claims the UK government did not join the EU’s ventilator scheme because it didn’t get the email.
It came after Number 10 was forced to deny the government was putting Brexit ahead of British lives after they said they hadn’t joined the scheme because the UK had left the EU.
Later they insisted that the email from the bloc had gone to the wrong address. Mr Sharma said “there was an issue in terms of communication so the tendering process had already started” and he suggested the UK could
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