BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A former European Commissioner will confront Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in court on Monday to allege that he was improperly pushed out of his job after a graft scandal, and demand compensation.
Health Commissioner John Dalli, from Malta, abruptly left office in October 2012 after the EU's anti-fraud office OLAF said he had been aware that an associate of his had asked a Swedish tobacco company for money in return for changes to EU tobacco legislation.
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