The European People’s Party called for upon the European Commission to force the resignation of Giovanni Kessler, director general of the EU-‘s anti-fraud body.

The Maltese police in charge of the investigation in the Dalli case announced this weekend that the case prepared by OLAF did not contain sufficient evidence to justify legal proceedings against the former European Commissioner John Dalli.

Joseph Daul, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, and Inge Grässle MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the European Parliament’s Budgetary Control Committee, welcomed the announcement:

“The European Commission, guardian of European law, must draw the right conclusions and force the resignation of Giovanni Kessler, Director-General of OLAF, whose position has become politically and legally untenable,” they said.

“We must strengthen the monitoring of OLAF and put in place an impartial and independent judiciary body which will ensure that procedures and fundamental rights are correctly followed and respected,” they added.