New euro banknotes. Proposal of a MEP from Germany: There should be a pair of founders of BioNTech

The German MEP of the liberal Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP), Moritz Koerner, proposed that the founders of BioNTech Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci – a Mogundian company that produced the first COVID-19 effective, should be included in the euro.

The new notes should feature important European personalities such as the founding couple of BioNTech, an EU MP told Welt am Sonntag. As he added, their work saved the lives of millions of Europeans.

Coronavirus mRNA vaccine

MEP Koerner also stressed that the life path of the company’s founders from Mainz in the west of Germany is “an impressive history of integration, promotion, entrepreneurship, scientific excellence and the potential of an open immigrant society.” Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci are descendants of immigrants from.

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The vaccine manufacturer BioNTech managed to develop a vaccine for coronavirus based on mRNA technology in a relatively short time, and after the completion of the research, to obtain approval for its use.

New euro banknotes

20 years after the introduction of banknotes and coins, the European Central Bank is starting the process of re-designing banknotes. The Europeans are to have a say in this. But it will take years for the changed banknotes to come into circulation. Only in 2024, the Governing Council is to decide on the production and introduction into circulation of new banknotes.

(DPA / dom)

Source: Gazeta

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