So this is where John Dalli is today – sorry, but I had to use Google to translate from the original Swedish
Press Release
Dalli speaks from the heart of Tobacco Facts
2013-06-26 14:23
It’s been eight months since the then Health Commissioner John Dalli pointed out in the world media as a fraud in the work of the new EU Tobacco Products Directive and forced to resign. He was thought to have known a muterbjudande to Swedish Match for snus released for export within the EU. The allegations were investigated by the anti-fraud office, OLAF, which then secret report was the basis for the forced termination.
But neither OLAF or the police in Malta which investigated allegations of police, has found no evidence against Dalli, who always denied any knowledge of bribery.
The independent think tank Tobacco Facts has invited John Dalli to participate in a seminar on lobbying at the European level on the Beach hotel in Visby at 10:00 to 11:30 on July 2.
It does not mean that we take a stand on the debt issue, says Secretary General Ewy Thörnqvist, but we are confident that Dalli can provide many interesting insights not only into harness around his departure, but also in the extensive lobbying while working on tobacco products directive and the transparency of lobbyismens scope and effects of European cooperation in general.
Which forum is better suited for such a discussion than Almedalsveckan which is the largest meeting place for politicians, companies, NGOs and public relations people?
The seminar begins with a conversation between Mr Dalli and the experienced moderator Anna Olin. After the call is free for questions to John Dalli from the media and the public.
Participating in the seminar will also Carl Schlyter. MEP for the Green Party.
Welcome to the Strand Hotel on Tuesday 2 July at 10:00
Almedalen in Tobacco Facts
Tobacco Facts is a politically and commercially independent non-profit organization for knowledge sharing, advocacy and information dissemination on tobacco. Our future version is a tobacco-free society.
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http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/tankesmedjan-tobaksfakta/pressrelease/view/john-dalli-talar-fritt-ur-hjaertat-hos-tobaksfakta-880852
Almedalan is funded by the Swedish tax payer through Sweden’s National Public Health Institute.
Some people haven’t swallowed Dalli’s line: http://www.svd.se/opinion/brannpunkt/skandal-att-dalli-ar-inbjuden-till-almedalen_8311286.svd
Google Translate:
“Dalli was forced to resign as health commissioner after suspicions of bribery and corruption. Tuesday, July 2, he comes to Almedalen. Now storms again around Dalli. EU fraud agency OLAF announced that they are considering resuming their investigation after new information has emerged. Dalli should have carried out $ 100 million to the tax haven of the Bahamas.
But let’s take it from the beginning. Last fall, it was found that a friend of Dalli trying to get the Swedish tobacco company Swedish Match to pay outrageous SEK 500 million for the Commissioner to propose lifting the export ban on Swedish snus. Swedish Match reported Dalli, and an investigation showed that he Kante to contacts, then Commission President Barroso called for his resignation.
No one is guilty until proven guilty, but it is undoubtedly a sensation that a commissioner forced to resign. But almost as sensational is that the organization Tobacco Facts chosen to invite Dalli to Almedalen to exonerate himself and put the story grips. Tobacco Facts, an organization funded by taxpayers through the National Public Health Institute and led by a former employee of the same agency, namely choosing a different historiography about Dallis balances and disclosures. It’s the story where “lobbying led to Mr Dalli was forced to resign.””
http://tobaksfakta.se/nyheter/john-dalli-talar-fritt-ur-hjartat-hos-tobaksfakta/
The anti-smoking lobby never had an opportunity as good as this to ask John Dalli to tell them the truth about the tobacco business.
The reputation of the lobby is at risk here.
This is where the former Commissioner should have been today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almedalen
Is his next stop the Speaker’s Corner in Hdye Park, London, on the topic of persecution?