The news outlet is pushing the Commission to release text messages that the E.U.’s top official and Pfizer exchanged as they negotiated a Covid-19 vaccine contract.

The case opposing the New York Times and the EU Commission over its failure to disclose text messages between president Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla about COVID-19 vaccine contracts has entered the hearing phase.

Europe's economy has left stagnation behind but is headed for only modest growth in coming months as consumers regain some of the purchasing power they lost to inflation, the European Union's executive commission said Friday.

After dodging a recession and amid falling interest rates in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, economists believe consumer demand, wage growth and increasing investment support long-term economic growth.