New film claims John Dalli unsuccessfully tried to obtain info about alleged conspiracy against him

Former European commissioner John Dalli unsuccessfully tried to obtain information about an alleged conspiracy against him that led to his sacking, according to a documentary made by two Danish journalists. The 92-minute investigative feature, which has just been released, was produced by Mads Brügger and Mikael Bertelsen and the BBC. It was made over two years and includes interviews in Malta, the Bahamas and Brussels. In the film, Mr Dalli, who was forced to resign from the European Commission in 2012 amid allegations of misconduct and corruption, is seen hosting the two journalists at his residence and collaborating with them to pay for a package of documents solicited by an unknown source. The documents allegedly included incriminating evidence "exposing how John Dalli was to be eliminated" from the European Commission through a conspiracy involving then Commission president José Manuel Barroso and the EU’s anti-fraud-agency head, Giovanni Kessler. Mr Dalli is shown corresponding with a certain Maria Zamora over the “incriminating documents” and authorising the payment of €3,000 via electronic transfer for the information. “I will regain my life and that of my daughters,”...