Following up on the answer to question for written answer E-003738/2025

Priority question for written answer P-001510/2026
to the Commission
Rule 144
Friedrich Pürner (NI)

On 30 March 2026, in his answer to the question[1] of 25 September 2025 on the Commission President's use of disappearing messages and the impact thereof on transparency and institutional accountability, the Commissioner responsible stated the following[2]:

'In accordance with Article 5(1) of the Detailed Rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, annexed to the Rules of Procedure of the Commission[...] "any content that constitutes important information that is not short-lived shall be registered pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Decision 2021/2121." [...] It is the professional duty of all Commission staff to make sure that these rules are properly followed and implemented.'

The text messages in question are linked to far-reaching policies at EU level and led to vaccine deals worth billions.

An EU court recently ruled that the Commission President had breached transparency rules.

• 1.What consequences will the Commission President face for having breached these rules in the context of the Pfizer SMS messages?
• 2.Has the Commission opened an internal investigation into the Commission President's breaches of transparency and documentation obligations, and if not, why not?
• 3.What specific control mechanisms are in place to ensure that communication content that is relevant and not short-lived is properly archived rather than deleted, and how is compliance with these requirements ensured, in particular with regard to the Commission President and Commissioners?

Submitted: 14.4.2026

• [1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-003738_EN.html.
• [2] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-003738-ASW_EN.html.