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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, since we are going to give our opinion this week on the discharge of European agencies that are under suspicion about their management, since our institutions are deemed to be too open to the lobbies and it seems that the transparency measures taken so far have not succeeded in resolving these problems, since we rightly want exemplary, certified institutions without any conflicts of interest, since the Commission’s reputation is once again in tatters, on behalf of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance but also on behalf of numerous other Members of the European Parliament of all political persuasions, I want to ask you about the resignation of John Dalli and the revision of the Tobacco Products Directive, which has been planned for a long time.
This unexpected affair is intriguing and has left me somewhat bewildered. There is something fishy about this alleged story of corruption and we have the right to find out all the details. Of course, Commissioners must not be above the law. They must answer for themselves like any other citizen. However, nor must Commissioners must be beneath the law and I have the feeling that John Dalli is being deprived of basic rights and, in particular, the presumption of innocence while there is no concrete and direct proof of his guilt.
Several questions come to mind, therefore, and I would like the Commission to give us some insight into this affair. What legal provision, what regulation or what Treaty has Mr Dalli infringed with his behaviour? What is the Commission’s view of his alleged guilt? Is it not possible that this affair might be a manoeuvre to derail the Tobacco Products Directive?
Commissioner, I would ask you to give us some details about this extraordinary situation and I call on OLAF to send us its report as soon as possible
Moreover, I read Mr Barroso’s letter assuring us that the Tobacco Products Directive would not be postponed. However, we would like more information about the timetable, which is already more than a year behind. This long-awaited Directive is ready and I would ask the Commission to make every effort to implement it. Are we going to have to wait until Tonio Borg takes up his post? We believe that this is extremely urgent from a health perspective and that the Directive should therefore get back on track, because if we do not do it now, it will have to wait until the next parliamentary term. Who will win in that case? The tobacco lobby!"@en1
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