Matt Kilcoyne, of the Adam Smith Institute, condemned EU expropriation plans as…

“… a Stalinist move to seize private property which demeans the continent. Having failed to purchase vaccines, Brussels has now revealed its desire to seize the jabs of others. Expropriating private property and blocking the fulfillment of contracts made in good faith makes a mockery of the claim the EU is a rules based organisation and a promoter of free trade.”