Comments on: Dalli’s entertaining tobacco lobbyists by the pool in Gozo and at Peppi’s Kiosk, in meetings brokered by a Silvio tal-Mqaret, must have been the last straw for the European Commission https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/07/dallis-entertaining-tobacco-lobbyists-by-the-pool-in-gozo-and-at-peppis-kiosk-in-meetings-brokered-by-a-silvio-tal-mqaret-must-have-been-the-last-straw-for-the-european-commission/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Maria https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/07/dallis-entertaining-tobacco-lobbyists-by-the-pool-in-gozo-and-at-peppis-kiosk-in-meetings-brokered-by-a-silvio-tal-mqaret-must-have-been-the-last-straw-for-the-european-commission/#comment-2236177 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:17:34 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=49580#comment-2236177 Maybe John Dalli could enlighten us as to what happened in 1989 when Libya was under UN sanctions.

]]> By: Tabatha White https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/07/dallis-entertaining-tobacco-lobbyists-by-the-pool-in-gozo-and-at-peppis-kiosk-in-meetings-brokered-by-a-silvio-tal-mqaret-must-have-been-the-last-straw-for-the-european-commission/#comment-2235164 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:27:47 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=49580#comment-2235164 Further to your other post on “wages,” I think that in Dalli’s case the word “income” is more relevant.

I doubt that being Commissioner was his principal activity.

]]> By: G Wells https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/07/dallis-entertaining-tobacco-lobbyists-by-the-pool-in-gozo-and-at-peppis-kiosk-in-meetings-brokered-by-a-silvio-tal-mqaret-must-have-been-the-last-straw-for-the-european-commission/#comment-2235065 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 01:38:36 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=49580#comment-2235065 He sealed his fate in the EU the moment he publicly expressed his doubts.

]]> By: Wilson https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/07/dallis-entertaining-tobacco-lobbyists-by-the-pool-in-gozo-and-at-peppis-kiosk-in-meetings-brokered-by-a-silvio-tal-mqaret-must-have-been-the-last-straw-for-the-european-commission/#comment-2235053 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 01:33:39 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=49580#comment-2235053 It was not the last straw. He burnt the haystack when he was given the chance to answer about the investigation and didn’t bother in six months.

]]> By: Kevin https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/07/dallis-entertaining-tobacco-lobbyists-by-the-pool-in-gozo-and-at-peppis-kiosk-in-meetings-brokered-by-a-silvio-tal-mqaret-must-have-been-the-last-straw-for-the-european-commission/#comment-2234450 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:09:03 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=49580#comment-2234450 Again, repeat: ” Dalli, who owns a home in Tripoli, worked for a Libyan-Maltese Joint Commission from 1987 to 1996 and 1998 to 2004 — periods when Libya was under UN sanctions.”

]]> By: bob-a-job https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/07/dallis-entertaining-tobacco-lobbyists-by-the-pool-in-gozo-and-at-peppis-kiosk-in-meetings-brokered-by-a-silvio-tal-mqaret-must-have-been-the-last-straw-for-the-european-commission/#comment-2234397 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:49:34 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=49580#comment-2234397 And after that he had to eat his words because ‘Some of my remarks were interpreted out of context’ Dalli said.

“I regret if any of the remarks I made on Friday have conveyed the false impression that I do not support the position communicated by President Barroso on the situation in Libya on Wednesday 2 March,” Dalli said in a statement. He continued, “Some of my remarks were interpreted out of context and considered to be in contradiction with the president’s statements. I am of course fully behind the position expressed by the president on behalf of the Commission. The main point I was making regarding Mr Gaddafi in my personal remarks, strongly condemning any violence, was that Mr Gaddafi must follow the will of his people.”

http://www.neurope.eu/article/dalli-repents-pro-gaddafi-remarks

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/07/dallis-entertaining-tobacco-lobbyists-by-the-pool-in-gozo-and-at-peppis-kiosk-in-meetings-brokered-by-a-silvio-tal-mqaret-must-have-been-the-last-straw-for-the-european-commission/#comment-2234143 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 20:03:42 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=49580#comment-2234143 Dalli made those comments about Libya when the EC’s publicly stated position was that Gaddafi had to go. Dalli was Commisioner at the time.

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