The WHO and EMA said there was no evidence there was an issue.
None of that mattered, as one by one countries suspended injections as part of a blame avoidance strategy.
Fortunately, it does matter and France, German and Italy and now resuming vaccination. In Germany the government promised to follow the EMA recommendation before it came out. The ruling coaltion is Germany was split about whether stopping the vaccination was a good idea and by transfering the responsibility to the EMA, the politicians managed to agree with each other without having to take much responsibility for making hard decisions.
Fortunately, it does matter and France, German and Italy and now resuming vaccination. In Germany the government promised to follow the EMA recommendation before it came out. The ruling coaltion is Germany was split about whether stopping the vaccination was a good idea and by transfering the responsibility to the EMA, the politicians managed to agree with each other without having to take much responsibility for making hard decisions.