the greek prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, has strongly urged the european union to ensure therere no more delays on fx enterprise. ursula vanderlinden -- on vaccine supplies. the eu commissioner ursula vander laying in. kyriakos mitsotakis made the comments on bloomberg news. >> greece overall has done better than most european companies in dealing with the pandemic, which was sort of unexpected given that we entered this with an underfunded health care system. we have also rolled out vaccinations faster than most other european countries. it is a surprise to many greeks and so far, we have been able to vaccinate people at a relatively fast pace. i do expect a number of vaccines to ramp up significantly. but we will move to people with underlying conditions and once we address categories, hopefully by then we will have more vaccines and we will be able to mr. debt able to administer -- we will be able to administer given the demand increase and we hope that by the summer a significant portion of the greek population will be vaccinated. last year, we did it in a safe manner and d

the greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis speaking to john micklethwait.as been rolled out very effectively in greece as a result of covid-19. it will be interesting to see the effect it has on that revenue raising capacity of the government, which has been such an issue. european markets are set to close in around half an hour. the reflation trade certainly a huge driver today, particulate for the ftse 100, which is up nearly 2.5%. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> monday the 15th of february, 4:00 p.m. in london, 11:00 in london where it is president's day. u.s. markets are closed. i am guy johnson. we are counting you down to the european close. in terms of what we are seeing, with london outperforming european equities so broadly, up by 1.5%. guy: it is the big mining stops, and the oil stocks -- mining stocks and oil stocks driving the market. we are seeing curves steepening around europe. the german 10-year up by 4.6 basis points. elsewhere around the world, we are continuing to watch what is happening with wti. >> that is sending

into pics of hot european politicians getting the covid vaccine, like greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis try to find a needle sharp enough to penetrate that tricep. are they trying to find a cure for deltoids? and what is with that lighting? this looks like a one man show about a guy who was too sexy to be finance minister. i bet that doctor is taking his time with that swab. "just so you know, the best way to sterilize the area is for me to gently squeeze it." oh, yeah, we're almost there. but the guy who started it all was french health minister olivier veran, who tweeted this pic of himself with only the word "vaccineÉ." a great public health message and good p.r. for the launch of his new fragrance "vaccineÉ." the only thing contagious now... is passion. ( in french accent ) continue on... quarantine-while, it's black history month and some progress is being drizzled on a stack of injustice because pepsi-co, inc. has announced it is re-branding aunt jemima to "pearl milling company." that is boring. truly, the "washington football team" of pancake mix. that couldn't be more dull if t

and prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis has urged the eu to adopt passports across the bloc to allow aain are also keen on the idea. denmark and sweden are already developing digital passports. and iceland already gives a vaccine certificate to anyone that has received two doses. the benefit from a government's perspective is simple. it allows them to open up borders and boost the economy. but what do the experts say? many are for it. oxford uehiro centre for practical ethics wrote in the lancet medicaljournal... but for the who, the idea of vaccine passports for travel is a long way off. number one, the vaccine is not widely available. that would actually tend to restrict travel more than permit travel. secondly, we don't have enough data right now to understand to what extent vaccination will interrupt transmission, and especially the individual risk of an individual to continue transmitting disease. so, there's vaccine passports for travel, and then there's the suggestion of expanding the idea and using them internally to help ease lockdown restrictions for those who have been vacci