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Olaf library - parliament lawyers are looking into who can and cannot read the Dalli file (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

MEPs unhappy with commission secrecy on Dalli affair

MEPs are refusing to take No for an answer from the European Commission on access to a report on John Dalli.

German Liberal MEP Michael Theurer, the head of the budget control committee, told EUobserver on Wednesday (7 November) that political groups have asked parliament President Martin Schulz to "insist" on "full access" to a report by the EU's anti-fraud office, Olaf, on why the former health commissioner lost his job.

Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso, in a letter to Sch...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Olaf library - parliament lawyers are looking into who can and cannot read the Dalli file (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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