{"id":560258,"date":"2021-06-10T22:51:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T02:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560258"},"modified":"2021-06-10T22:51:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T02:51:57","slug":"eu-joins-calls-for-new-probe-into-origins-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-joins-calls-for-new-probe-into-origins-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"EU joins calls for new probe into origins of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feu-joins-calls-for-new-probe-into-origins-of-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560258&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2420837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2420837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a joint news conference with European Council President Charles Michel ahead of the G7 summit. (AP Photo\/Francisco Seco, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:38 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, June 10, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The EU is joining the latest calls by the U.S. and Australia for an investigation into the origins of COVID-19. On Friday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that it\u2019s necessary for the World Health Organization to launch an independent and impartial probe.<\/p>\n<p>She argued that in order to draw the right lessons and develop the right tools so that a pandemic of this nature never happens again, the origins of COVID-19 must be uncovered. Head of the European Council, Charles Michel supported von der Leyen\u2019s call for an investigation and said, \u201cthe world has the right to know exactly what happened in order to be able to learn the lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID<\/a> has drastically slowed our lives. But international cooperation has grown massively.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s challenges can only be tackled globally.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#G7<\/a> Summit, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vonderleyen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vonderleyen<\/a> and I will team up with leading democracies on vaccines, economic recovery, &amp; greener more prosperous future. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SZxWyoUiiu\">pic.twitter.com\/SZxWyoUiiu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles Michel (@eucopresident) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eucopresident\/status\/1402892264968495104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Von der Leyen stressed investigators need complete access to the Wuhan lab and other locations in China to determine where the virus came from. She made the comments just ahead of the G7 summit that is taking place in the U.K. this weekend. G7 leaders are expected to uphold calls for a new probe, adding pressure on China.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/pro-trump-mo-rep-vicky-hartzler-announces-bid-for-u-s-senate\/\">Pro-Trump Mo. Rep. Vicky Hartzler Announces Bid For U.S. Senate<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a joint news conference with European Council President Charles Michel ahead of the G7 summit. 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