France, May 14 -- The European Court of Justice has upheld a transparency challenge over undisclosed text messages between EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer's CEO during the Covid-19 vaccine negotiations.

The European Union's top court has ruled that the European Commission fell short of transparency standards by refusing to release text messages exchanged between Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla during the EU's frantic efforts to secure Covid-19 vaccines.

The Court of Justice of the European Union sided with The New York Times, which had launched legal proceedings after the Commission declined to hand over the messages.

The court found that Brussels failed to provide "plausib...