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Former EU health commissioner John Dalli (l) with ex-European Commission president José Manuel Barroso (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

Fresh stink around former EU chief in tobacco affair

Knives are back out for José Manuel Barroso, the former European Commission chief, after a Belgian court found his top sleuth guilty of gross misconduct in the biggest EU corruption scandal before Qatargate.

"So many irregularities and lies to [the European] Parliament and all those who asked the right questions. I'm still appalled by the whole case," said Ingeborg Gräßle, a centre-right German MP and Barroso-era MEP.

"The case is not closed. It should just be the beginning," she...

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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.

Former EU health commissioner John Dalli (l) with ex-European Commission president José Manuel Barroso (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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