The European People’s Party’s (EPP) group coordinator in the budgetary control committee of the European Parliament, MEP Inge Gräßle has demanded full transparency on the reason for the resignation of the chairman of the European Anti Fraud Office’s (Olaf) Supervisory Committee, Christiaan Timmermans, in the wake of the resignation of European Commissioner John Dalli.

Mrs Gräßle said: “The Olaf Supervisory Committee has to disclose the real reason for the resignation of its chairman in the immediate aftermath of the resignation of Commissioner Dalli.”

"In addition, the members of the Olaf Supervisory Committee must demonstrate that John Dalli's dossier was handled in full respect of the procedural and legal requirements of Olaf and the Olaf Supervisory Committee, and in full compliance with the rights accorded to persons under investigation by OLAF, also in the light of the court ruling in the Franchet/Byk case.”