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"Madam President, I would like to take this opportunity to address the issue of the resignation of Mr Dalli and the Tobacco Products Directive.
In relation to Mr Dalli, I will not repeat what many of you have read in the European, national and international media, which merely highlights the fact that many questions remain unanswered. Whether Mr Dalli is guilty of misconduct or not is currently as clear as mud. The European Parliament and the European public deserve to be better informed on such matters, and I hope they will be in future.
I will now move on to what I consider a more serious concern – namely the status of the Tobacco Products Directive following the resignation of Mr Dalli. Tobacco kills over 600 000 EU citizens a year and is a public health scourge which demands stronger action. I remain unconvinced by statements from the Commission that the Tobacco Directive remains a priority. The Commission says that the directive will not be delayed, but that at the same time work will continue once the new Maltese Commissioner is in place, perhaps delaying it by months. DG SANCO has finished its work on the Tobacco Directive and I understand that inter-service consultation is complete or nearly completed. I fail to understand why it is necessary to wait for the new Commissioner to be in place in order to progress this directive. I would therefore ask the Commission to release the proposal swiftly, in the interests of the health of European citizens."@en1
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