Scan the QR code with wechat < / P > < p > to share with friends and circle of friends < / P > < p > Xinhua news agency, Lisbon, May 8 (reporter Wen Xinnian, Zhao Danliang)_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E6%AC%A7%E7%9B%9F "> EU < / a > Social Summit ended in Porto, northern Portugal, on August 8, and EU leaders suspended the new summit_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E7%96%AB%E8%8B%97 "> vaccine < / a > < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E7%9F%A5%E8%AF%86%E4%BA%A7%E6%9D%83 "> intellectual property < / a > exemption < p > European Commission President Frederick von draen said at a press conference that EU leaders believe that the exemption of intellectual property rights of new crown vaccines is not a top priority, and EU countries are facing many more urgent problems. Europe needs to speed up vaccine production, increase vaccine production and ensure fair and reasonable vaccine distribution. Although the issue of immunity of vaccine intellectual property rights is important, it is not an issue to be discussed in the short and medium term and needs to be considered in the long term At present, about 160 million people in the EU have received the first dose of vaccine, accounting for 25% of the total population of the EU, she said. The EU is stepping up production of vaccines to ensure that the target of 70% of the EU's adult population will be achieved in July this year < p > von der lain announced that the EU has signed a new vaccine procurement contract with Pfizer, and will obtain 1.8 billion doses of vaccine by 2023 The leaders of the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission and leaders of 24 member states attended the summit_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E9%BB%98%E5%85%8B%E5%B0%94 "> Merkel < / a > and other leaders of the three countries attended the meeting online. During the summit, French President Nicolas macarone, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Portuguese Prime Minister Jean Claude Costa expressed their support for suspending the exemption of vaccine intellectual property rights