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The EU Commission has dug in its heels, saying that text messages could never be considered documents subject to transparency (Photo: EU Commission)

Could a new lawsuit blow open von der Leyen's Pfizer texts?

When other routes had failed, John Kerry started typing. In November, the US envoy turned to diplomacy's secret weapons — emails and texting — to save stalled UN climate talks COP27 at the Egyptian resort town Sharm el-Sheikh. Phone in hand, Kerry got in touch with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua. A meeting followed. Soon relations between the two great powers warmed, as the

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Alexander Fanta is an EU correspondent for netzpolitik.org, a German news website covering digital rights issues.

The EU Commission has dug in its heels, saying that text messages could never be considered documents subject to transparency (Photo: EU Commission)

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Alexander Fanta is an EU correspondent for netzpolitik.org, a German news website covering digital rights issues.

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