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[Europe, Malta] Surprising allies: from the Dreyfus affair to Dalligate

French MEP José Bové is convinced Dalligate was a “set-up by the tobacco lobby to bring down the commissioner”.
Malta Today (mt)
added May 15, 2013 09:46
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[Europe] E-cigarettes: safer alternative to tobacco or potential health risk?

Should they be regulated as medication or as tobacco products? These issues are currently being considered as part of a review of the tobacco products directive. MEPs also debated it with experts during a workshop on 7 May.
Europarl (European Parliament)
added May 14, 2013 12:56
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[Europe, Malta] Were ‘EU funds’ a ruse for Kessler to bypass OLAF rules?

OLAF’s watchdog says the Dalli investigation was conducted on some irregular lines: ... was he egged on by the powerful and political interests at stake - a complaint given "special priority" by President Barroso himself and one which struck right at the
Malta Today (mt)
added May 14, 2013 04:31
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[Europe, UK] LYONS: The new EU directive: quit smoking or die

In December 2012, the EU's executive, the European Commission, announced its proposals to revise the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), originally passed in 2001, to take account of 'significant scientific, market and international developments' that have
spiked (uk)
added May 9, 2013 17:22
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[Europe] CORONAKIS: Barrosogate Outlook

John Dalli is not part of the Barrosogate equation anymore as his innocence is now crystal clear and what remains to be seen is how will he be compensated by the European Commission, his European People's Party and his country, all three owing to him at
New Europe
added May 9, 2013 06:26
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[Europe] Olaf leak questions legal basis of Dalli probe

Staes says they have information on a number of people inside the commission that have themselves met with tobacco industry lobbyists in contravention of the same rules that saw Dalli go. “Why can you blame a commissioner and force him to resign on the
EUobserver.com
added May 9, 2013 06:46
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[Europe, Malta] Transparency groups tell Barroso to remove Swedish Match lobbyist on ethics committee

Transparency watchdogs in Brussels have called on European Commission president José Manuel Barroso to revoke the membership of Michel Petite from his ad hoc ethical committee that is expected to regulate lobbying inside the EU. The groups - Corporate E
Malta Today (mt)
added May 8, 2013 21:47
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[Europe, Malta] MEPs take Barroso to task over Dalli case

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has to explain why he failed to ensure the investigation on John Dalli stood before he forced his resignation, two French MEPs said yesterday as they published a damning report on the case. “Can you imag
Times of Malta (mt)
added May 8, 2013 21:40
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[Europe, Malta] One set of rules for Dalli and one for Barroso?

Mr Staes said the two were not in Malta to defend Mr Dalli, who Mr Bové described as a political adversary with whom he had fought over the Commission’s decisions on genetically modified food. However, they both argued that the OLAF report had really ma
Times of Malta (mt)
added May 8, 2013 21:39
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[Europe] ‘Malta’s honour is at stake’

From a legal point of view, José Manuel Barroso did not assume his responsibilities and in the process “ruined Malta’s honour and ruined John Dalli’s honour”. That is how Green MEP Bart Staes yesterday described what – in his view and that of his collea
Times of Malta (mt)
added May 8, 2013 21:37
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