Libertas.eu

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article covers the pan-European political party founded by Declan Ganley in 2008. For the lobby group involved in the 2008 Lisbon Treaty referendum, see the Libertas Institute.

Libertas is a political party founded by Declan Ganley that took part in the European Parliament election, 2009 in several member states of the European Union.

Libertas
President Declan Ganley
Founded 30 October 2008 (2008-10-30)[1][nb 1]
Headquarters Registered at Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland[nb 1][1][2]
European offices on 7th Floor, Avenue de Cortenbergh 71, Brussels 1000, Belgium[3]
Ideology

Anti-Lisbon Treaty

Conservatism
European Parliament group Europe of Freedom and Democracy
Colours Blue, gold
Website
www.libertas.eu
Politics of the European Union
Political parties
Elections

History

Preamble

In 2008, the Libertas Institute Limited, a lobby group founded by Declan Ganley and others, advocated a "no" vote in Lisbon I, the 2008 referendum in Ireland on the Treaty of Lisbon. Lisbon I failed. The referendum was held on 12 June 2008[4] and defeated by 53.4% to 46.6%, with a turnout of 53.1%.[5]

Creation

Libertas held a post-referendum celebration in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin on the night of Friday, 13 June 2008.[6] Attending that celebration was Danish Eurosceptic[7] and former President of the EUDemocrats[8] and recently retired[9] MEP Jens-Peter Bonde,[6] who had been a "no" campaigner during the referendum.[6] Bonde was later cited as one of the main architects of the upgrading of Libertas to a political party at European level.[10][11]

On 15 July 2008, RTÉ News on Two covered Ganley's comments at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., where he stated that Libertas intended running as a political party at European level. The next day Ganley confirmed that Libertas was fundraising in order to run candidates throughout Europe in the 2009 European Parliament elections.[12]

On 20 September 2008, the Irish Times reported[13] that Bonde and Czech president Václav Klaus pledged to help Ganley to launch Libertas. The two were later amongst the guests at a dinner hosted by Ganley at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin on 11 November 2008.[14]

On 30 October 2008, Ganley registered a company based in Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway[nb 1][1][2] called the Libertas Party Limited.[15][nb 1][1][2] The Irish Times reported that the new party was intended to "carry on the business of a European political party".[15] The party was publicly announced in December 2008[16] with ambitions to field up to 400<ref name="Timesarticle5338120"[16] candidates and win seats in all 27[16] EU member states.

Recognition attempt

In early 2009 Libertas applied to be recognised by the European Parliament as a political party at European level. The application was briefly successful but then suspended indefinitely amidst controversy.

Pan-European expansion

Further information: List of Libertas list candidates at the 2009 European Parliament elections

Ganley then travelled around Europe to set up Libertas lists and parties for the European Parliament election, 2009.[17] In November 2008 Libertas opened its Brussels office.[18] Libertas launched in France on 12 February 2009,[19] the Netherlands on 15 April,[20] followed by several other European Union member states.[21] On 1 May 2009, Libertas held its first pan-European party convention in Rome[22] in time for the European Parliament elections in June, when it would field hundreds of candidates for election.[21]

Austria

In Austria, Libertas was rejected by both Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) as well as by the independent Hans-Peter Martin. Martin announced after talks and serious considerations, that he would rather remain independent,[23] which he successfully did. FPÖ harshly rebuffed Ganley's advances associating his activism with an alleged American conspiracy.[24] The initially noncommital BZÖ[23] later also declined, preferring a loose cooperation in the European Parliament.[25]

Bulgaria

An electoral list called "Libertas: Free Citizens" (Bulgarian: Либертас: Свободните граждани) was formed by some 30 national and local Non-governmental organization.[26] Pavel Chernev's Freedom Party that had announced to join the list was repudiated by Libertas. However, the submitted list was later rejected by the Bulgarian electoral commission.[27] An appeal filed by Nikolay Bliznakov was turned down by Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court on the grounds that the list had not proven the required deposit had not given the names of its constituent parties.[28] In the meantime, Bulgarian businessman Hristo Atanassov founded a party under the name Libertas Bulgaria which has no connection to the pan-European Libertas network.

Czech Republic

Right after the preliminary rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland, Declan Ganley, founder of the European Libertas.eu, was guest of Czech President Václav Klaus[29] The Czech eStat.cz civic group had ambitions to replicate Libertas's success[30] and awarded the Irish electorate the Michal Tošovský Prize,[31] picked up by Ganley in Prague on 5 November 2008.[29] During his stay in Ireland after a state visit, Klaus visited Ganley in a private capacity and later attended the Shelbourne Hotel dinner given by Ganley for leading Eurosceptics.[32]

However, Ganley's Libertas was later rejected[33][34][35] by the new Czech Eurosceptic party, Petr Mach's Party of Free Citizens, which was endorsed by Klaus. Additionally, the Ganley-disavowed new Czech Eurosceptic party by Vladimír Železný usurped the Libertas brand by registering itself as Libertas.cz. Ganley's Libertas later claimed Železný's Libertas as an affiliate.[36]

Greece

After Manolis Kalligiannis (Greek: Μανώλης Καλλιγιάννης), President of the Greek Liberal Party had attended Libertas.eu's Rome convention on 1 May 2009.[37] Manolis Kalligiannis (Μανώλης Καλλιγιάννης, sometimes rendered in English as Emmanuel Kalligiannis), Liberal Party run for the 2009 European parliament election under a Libertas-affiliated list with the name “Κόμμα Φιλελευθέρων – Libertas.eu”.[38]

Hungary

In Hungary, Libertas.eu searched for candidates in an Internet ad[39] and Károly Lóránt was appointed the Hungarian representative. However, as Hungarian concerns that a disorganized EU would only serve Russian strategic interests could not be dissipated, no list was fielded on behalf of Libertas.

Italy

Libertas.eu announced talks with the Pole of Autonomy coalition on 30 April 2009, the day before its Rome convention,[40] which were confirmed the next day by Teodoro Buontempo, the president of The Right.[41] However, in the final candidate lists submitted in May, no candidates were fielded by Libertas.eu,[42] neither did the Pole of Autonomy list refer to Libertas.[43]

Lithuania

Ganley arrived in Vilnius on Tuesday 3 March 2009[44] to discuss terms with prospective candidates, and explore whether to establish a new Libertas party in Lithuania or change the name of an existing Lithuanian party.[44] He did so again on Monday 24 March 2009 at a lecture at Vilnius University's Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS, or VU Tarptautinių Santykių ir Politikos Mokslų Institutas, VU TSPMI).[45]

On 31 March 2008, Libertas Lithuania gave a press conference.[46][47][48] Attendees at the press conference were Ganley, lawyer Eugenija Sutkienė (lt), political analyst and Lithuanian presidential advisor Lauras Bielinis (lt), and Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija representative Saulius Stoma (lt).[48]

In that press conference it was announced that the Libertas Lithuanian list would be headed by Sutkiene[46] and would include Bielinis,[46] and that candidates from the Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija would stand with them under a common list,[46][47] although Ganley and Stoma disagreed whether other parties would join them under that list.[47] When asked if he had read the Lisbon Treaty, Bielinis demurred.[47][48] When asked about Libertas Lithuania's funding, Ganley demurred.[47][48]

Bielinis planned to remain in his presidential advisory post until 7 May 2009 and take unpaid leave thereafter.[47] Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus disagreed and announced Bielinis' resignation the next day, 1 April 2009.[49]

When the lists were published, neither Bielinis nor Sutkiene were on Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija's list.[50][51] When Libertas named their finalised candidates in May 2009, they did not include any candidates in Lithuania,[42] and the Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija website contained no pledge of allegiance to Libertas.[52]

Portugal

In April 2009, the Portuguese ecologist Earth Party (MPT) announced in a joint press conference with Ganley that it would run for the 2009 European Parliament election with an open electoral list under the banner of Libertas.eu.[53]

Slovakia

While the vice-president of the EUDemocrats, Peter Kopecký had already announced the foundation of a Libertas Slovensko branch,[54] he changed his mind in late February and decided to head the list of the small, but already established Agrarian and Countryside Party.[55] So Ganley had to look out to other options and met in Bratislava with leaders of the conservative parties KDS and OKS, and with Richard Sulík, the founder of the new (Sloboda a Solidarita). While Sulík, whom Ganley had already contacted before, still didn't show much interest, Vladimír Palko (KDS) agreed to bring in their joint list with OKS into the European network.[56][57] However, as the two partys didn't want to give up their distinct identities, they used Libertas only as supplementary brand.[58]

Endgame

Libertas fielded over 600 candidates (including substitutes), but only one was elected: Phillippe de Villiers.[59] Although Ganley himself polled a respectable number of votes, it was not enough for him to take a seat in his constituency. Ganley requested a recount of his personal vote but still lost.[59][60] Having made the promise to do so before the election, Ganley retired from politics following his defeat on 8 June 2009:[59][60] the fate of the party he founded, chaired, owned and governed was left to others.[59] However, the affiliated Libertas Institute did emerge again in the Republic of Ireland when the Irish government launched its re-run of the Lisbon Treaty, despite its defeat the previous year. The Libertas party, along with the other minority political groupings, such as the Socialist Party and Sinn Féin, which opposed the European Constitutional Amending Bill, were outspent and outperformed by the political proponents of the bill who won by a substantial majority. Declan Ganley went on to praise the Irish Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, on 'what was, politically, a masterful campaign…from a masterful politician who has made glove puppets out of the opposition'[61] although Ganley also cited recent economic turmoil in the country as a major deciding factor in the vote.

Staff

For the local Libertas staff in each member state, see the articles below this section.
Name Position Notes
Declan Ganley Chairman Unelected
Jens-Peter Bonde Brussels Office Manager
Joe Trippi[62] Electoral consultant American Democratic campaign consultant.[62]
Worked on the presidential campaigns of Edward Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, Dick Gephardt, and John Edwards.
Lynton Crosby[63] Electoral consultant Australian campaign consultant.[63]
Worked on the election campaigns of John Howard, Michael Howard, and Boris Johnson.
Anita Kelly,[64][65][66] Spokesperson
John McGuirk[67] Spokesperson Was named as a Libertas spokesperson in Slovakia in February 2009.[67]

Structure

Libertas's intended structure evolved with time. It was originally intended to be an alliance of national parties, but it was later envisaged as a single pan-European party with candidates running as individual members of Libertas. By the end of April 2009, Libertas's structure had settled into a loose association of national member parties (either new or pre-existing), with each member party adhering to a set of core principles (see below) but retaining its independence and adding on additional policies as it felt appropriate.[68]

For the purposes of contending the 2009 European Parliament elections, Libertas candidates ran under lists (the lists of candidates presented to voters in a European election) branded with the Libertas identity, as exemplified by the French approach.[19][69] Each list was made up of some combination of the following:

  • members of member parties
  • members of affiliate parties (parties that were not members of Libertas.eu but cooperated with it electorally)
  • individual members (people who chose to join Libertas.eu as individuals).

New national member parties established by Libertas had names in the "Libertas X" format, e.g. "Libertas Sweden"[70] (except in the UK).[nb 2] Pre-existing national member parties were asked to change their names to include the word "Libertas" in the title.[44] Members of member parties were members of Libertas automatically unless they chose otherwise.

Affiliate parties retained their original names.[71][72] Members of affiliate parties were not members of Libertas unless they chose to join as individuals.

Position

See also: Political positions of Libertas

Ganley stated that following a group conference in Rome in March 2009, (later postponed to 1 May 2009)[73] Libertas would publish a policy document or party manifesto. covering areas such as democracy, the economy, small businesses, the recession, and EU institution accountability.[74]

No formal manifesto was published at the convention.[75] Instead, Libertas's core principles were displayed on its website[76] and reiterated at its convention,[75] namely accountability, transparency, democracy and rejection of the Lisbon Treaty. Each member party and individual member was obliged to adhere to these core principles,[68] although they could add additional policies as they felt appropriate.[75] Affiliate parties were not obliged to so adhere.

The core principles were given concrete form when Libertas published the following policies on its website:[77]

  • The powers of legislative initiative, inspection and decision should be reserved to elected officials.
  • Expenses of the European Parliament and European Commission to be published.
  • European Commission to identify €10 billion in savings for financial year 2010/11.
  • Any given Constitution Treaty to be ratified by referendums in each member state.
  • Meetings in Brussels[nb 3] to be reduced by 50%.

Membership

Member parties

Member parties were members of Libertas.eu. Members of member parties were automatically members of Libertas.eu unless they chose otherwise.

 Estonia

 Germany

 Ireland

 Malta

 Netherlands

 Poland

 Sweden

 United Kingdom

 Latvia

  • Libertas Latvia

Affiliate parties

Affiliate parties were not members of Libertas.eu but cooperated with it electorally under Libertas lists. Members of affiliate parties were not members of Libertas.eu unless they chose to join as individuals.

 Czech Republic

 France

 Germany

  • Party of Work, Nature and Family - Christians for Germany[79][80][81] (Partei für Arbeit, Umwelt und Familie – Christen für Deutschland, AUF)

 Greece

 Poland

 Portugal

  • Earth Party (Partido da Terra, PT), formerly the Movement the Earth Party (Movimento Partido da Terra, MPT)

 Slovakia

  • KDS-OKS coalition[93]

 Spain

Individual members

Further information: List of Libertas list candidates at the 2009 European Parliament elections

Individual members were people who chose to join Libertas.eu as individuals. People with no national party membership who were running under a Libertas list were automatically individual members.

2009 European Parliament elections

See also: European Parliament election, 2009 and List of Libertas list candidates at the 2009 European Parliament elections

Libertas didn't manage to present electoral lists in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Romania and Sweden. In the other European countries, the candidates on Libertas.eu's lists were either members of member parties, members of affiliate parties, or individual members.

Member state Libertas list Number of seats
contested
4–7 June 2009		 Elected
candidates
8 June 2009
 Czech Republic Libertas Czechia 29[42][42] 0[96]
 Estonia Libertas Estonia 6[42] 0[97]
 France Libertas France 147[42] 1[98]
 Germany Libertas Germany 11[99][nb 4] 0[100]
 Greece Libertas Greece 22[42] 0[101]
 Ireland Libertas Ireland 3[42] 0[102]
 Latvia Libertas Latvia 8[42] 0[103]
 Malta Libertas Malta 1[42] 0[104]
 Netherlands Libertas Netherlands 24[42] 0[105]
 Poland Libertas Poland 128[42][nb 5] 0[106]
 Portugal Libertas Portugal 22[42] 0[107]
 Slovakia Libertas Slovakia 13[42] 0[108]
 Spain Libertas Spain 50[42] 0[109]
 United Kingdom Libertas United Kingdom 56[42][nb 6] 0[110]

Commonality with other organizations

Main article: List of Declan Ganley organizations

Libertas was registered at Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway along with other organisations associated with Libertas and/or Declan Ganley.[111][112][113][114][115][116] A list of organizations associated with Libertas.eu and/or Declan Ganley is given here.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The CRO entry for the Libertas Party gives these details:
    • Type: Company
    • Number: 463758
    • Name: The Libertas Party Limited,
    • Address: Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland
    • Registered: 30 October 2008
  2. ↑ The UK could not adopt a "Libertas X" format name because that name had already been registered with the Electoral Commission. The Libertas.eu member parties in the UK are "Pro-Democracy: Libertas.eu" and "Libertas Northern Ireland"
  3. ↑ Whether the term "Brussels" was used here to refer to the seat of the European Commission in Brussels, or to the seat of the European Parliament in Brussels, or to the seat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels, or to all of these, was not specified.
  4. ↑ Libertas's website gives a total of 22 people, made up of 11 actual candidates (bewerber) and their 11 substitute candidates (ersatzbewerber). Substitute candidates, (a.k.a. "alternates" or "replacements") were those people who replace the elected candidate if s/he dies or is otherwise disqualified from sitting in the European Parliament
  5. ↑ Kazimierz Wilk and Barbara Czyż resigned from Libertas, reducing the originally-reported total of 130 by two
  6. ↑ Benjamin Caradoc Tallis resigned from Libertas, reducing the originally-reported total of 57 by one

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Entry for the Libertas Party Limited", at www.ukdata.com
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Entry for the Libertas Party Limited", at www.solocheck.ie
  3. ↑ "Contact Libertas" on the www.libertas.eu
  4. ↑ "12 June pencilled in as date for Lisbon Treaty vote". BreakingNews.ie. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2008. 
  5. ↑ "Results received at the Central Count Centre for the Referendum on The Lisbon Treaty". Referendum Returning Officer, referendum.ie. 13 June 2008. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Europe caught in our offside trap", Sunday Times, 15 June 2008
  7. ↑ "Lisbon treaty to bring more power to officials-critics in Prague", 13 January 2009, ČeskéNoviny.cz
  8. ↑ "Bonde calls for Referendum in 2009", EUDemocrats press release, 22 July 2008
  9. ↑ Inbituin (2008-05-13). ""Bonde's last speech in the Parliament"". Eudemocrats.org. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  10. ↑ "Anti-Lisbon party obtains EU recognition and funding", EurActive.com, 3 February 2009
  11. ↑ "Libertas set to emerge as political party as candidates unveiled", 2 February 2009
  12. ↑ "Libertas may contest European elections" Irish Times, 16 July 2008
  13. ↑ "Eurosceptics to help Ganley if he is MEP candidate", Irish Times, 20 September 2008
  14. ↑ "Ganley's dinner party was a meeting of minds" Irish Times, 13 November 2008
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Ganley registers Libertas as a European political party" from the Irish Times, 1 November 2008
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Libertas to seek a Euro majority", The Sunday Times, 13 December 2008
  17. ↑ Arnold, Bruce (2009). The Fight for Democracy – The Libertas Voice in Europe. A series of interviews with Declan Ganley by Bruce Arnold. ISBN 978-1-905706-18-1. Killynon House Books Ltd.
  18. ↑ Ganley's Brussels office opens for business
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "Européennes : Frédéric Nihous et Philippe de Villiers feront campagne commune", La Tribune, 4 March 2009, English translation here
  20. ↑ "YouTube clip of Libertas launch in Netherlands". Youtube.com. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Libertas website
  22. ↑ Libertas Party Convention, Rome
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Martin stiffs Irish ´Libertas´", 5 March 2009, from Austrian Times
  24. ↑ "Mölzer: In Österreich gibt es nur eine EU-kritische Partei, und das ist die FPÖ"
  25. ↑ "BZÖ wünscht sich Kooperation mit Libertas", Der Standard, 27 April 2009
  26. ↑ "ЕВРОСКЕПТИЦИТЕ ОТ „ЛИБЕРТАС" ПУСНАХА КОРЕНИ В БЪЛГАРИЯ", 28 April 2009, from http://www.bulgaria-news.bg and "Чернев отива на евровота с “Либертас"", 4 May 2009, from http://www.monitor.bg
  27. ↑ "Определиха номерата на бюлетините за евроизборите", 13 May 2009, from http://www.econ.bg/ and "Ballot-paper Numbers are Now Clear" , 13 May 2009, from http://parliament.europe.bg
  28. ↑ "ВАС отхвърли жалбата на коалиция „Либертас: Свободните граждани" срещу решението на ЦИКЕП, с което е отказана регистрация на коалицията", from http://www.sac.government.bg/, see also: "ВАС потвърди отказа за регистрация на „Либертас: Свободните граждани", 15 May 2009, from http://www.blitz.bg/
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Irish receive Czech prize for rejection of Lisbon treaty" 6 November 2008, Prague Monitor
  30. ↑ "Think-tank: Lisbon Treaty brings new imperialism" 4 November 2008, Prague Monitor
  31. ↑ "Senát - návštěva z Evropského parlamentu" (English translation). Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic. 
  32. ↑ "Klaus calls himself 'EU dissident'", 11 November 2008, Prague Monitor
  33. ↑ New right wing party to be founded. 9 December 2008, Prague Monitor.
  34. ↑ "A rocky start to a barrier-free European future". Neurope.eu. 19 January 2009. 
  35. ↑ "Anti-Lisbon party launches in Czech Republic", Irish Times, Monday 12 January 2009
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 "MPs who voted against Czech government join Libertas list for European Parliament elections" 1 April 2009, libertas.eu
  37. ↑ "Libertas candidates sign petition for democracy at Rome Convention"
  38. ↑ "Ο ευρω-λόγος των κομμάτων", from Eptanews.gr
  39. ↑ "Legyen ön is EP-képviselő!: Magyarkúti Barna", 28 April 2009
  40. ↑ "Libertas.eu and l’Autonomia in discussions to run together for European elections in Italy: Announcement to be made at the first Libertas Convention in Rome" undated
  41. ↑ "La Destra al meeting paneuropeo Libertas", undated
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 42.5 42.6 42.7 42.8 42.9 42.10 42.11 42.12 42.13 42.14 42.15 "Libertas.eu :: Candidates"
  43. ↑ "L'Autonomia website". Lautonomia.it. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 "Party agitating against Lisbon Treaty seeks candidates for European Parliament elections in Lithuania", 4 March 2009, from www.euro.lt
  45. ↑ "Į Vilnių vėl atvyksta paneuropinės partijos „Libertas“ vadovas", 2009.03.27 18:24, balsas.lt, English translation here
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 Libertas announces election plans for Lithuania. From Libertas.eu, 31 March 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.4 47.5 "Paneuropinės partijos „Libertas“ EP rinkimų sąraše – Bielinis (papildyta)", 31 March 2009 14:35, alfa.lt, English translation here
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 48.3 "Prezidento patarėjas šturmuos Europarlamentą su A.Valinsko partija (dar atnaujinta)", 31 March 2009, politika.atn.lt, English translation here
  49. ↑ "Л. Белинис – уже не советник президента", 1 April 2009, from news.penki.lt, English translation here
  50. ↑ "Kandidatų sąrašai", from http://vilnius.adagio4.eu/
  51. ↑ "Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausioji rinkimų komisija: 2009 m. birželio 7 d. rinkimai į Europos Parlamentą", from http://www.vrk.lt/
  52. ↑ "Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija website". Prisikelimopartija.lt. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  53. ↑ "Libertas and MPT announce European election partnership" 27 April 2009, http://www.libertas.eu/
  54. ↑ "Priatelia, spolupracovníci, príbuzní, rodáci, spoluobčania!" Declaration of Libertas Slovensko, Bratislava, January 2009
  55. ↑ "EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2009 - Peter Kopecky to contest European elections", 20 March 2009
  56. ↑ "Ganley: Európska únia je skoro ako Chávez", 23 February 2009
  57. ↑ "Libertas announces alliance in Slovakia"
  58. ↑ Ondrej Jombík (2009-03-31). ""Koalícia KDS – OKS: Chceme združenie slobodne spolupracujúcich štátov, nie byrokratický superštát"". Oks.sk. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 59.3 Crosbie, Judith. ""Libertas's Ganley concedes defeat in Irish contest"". Europeanvoice.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 "Libertas leader threw toys out of election pram" from http://www.independent.ie/
  61. ↑ M3 Web - http://m3web.bg (2009-10-03). "Opposition Leader Ganley: Irish People Scared into Backing Lisbon Treaty - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency". Novinite.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 "Libertas hires top US election campaigner", Irish Times, 3 March 2009
  63. ↑ 63.0 63.1 "Howard's man in Europe challenge", The Australian, 23 March 2009
  64. ↑ "Libertas w Warszawie" Nasz Dziennik, 3 February 2009
  65. ↑ "Irish anti-EU party make Austrian bid", Wiener Zeitung, 20 February 2009
  66. ↑ "Czech Libertas recruit has conviction for evading duty" Irish Times, 22 January 2009
  67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 "Slováci si možná budou vybírat europoslance ze strany Libertas", 23 February 2009, iDNES.cz, English translation here
  68. ↑ 68.0 68.1 "Libertas Eesti Erakond kinnitas Europarlamendi valimisnimekirja" undated page on http://www.libertas.eu/
  69. ↑ 69.0 69.1 69.2 "Villiers et Nihous pour un «protectionnisme européen»", Le Figaro, 9 March 2009
  70. ↑ "Hjälp Libertas bli ett registrerat parti" 26 February 2009 from the Libertas website
  71. ↑ "Irlandzki milioner tworzy w Polsce antyeuropejski ruch", 7 January 2009, from www.tvp.info, English translation here
  72. ↑ "Nytt nejparti ställer upp i EU-valet", 3 March 2009, from dn.se, English translation here
  73. ↑ "Nowa partia nie będzie mieć polskiego prezesa", ONET.pl, 20 March 2009, English translation here
  74. ↑ "Ganley: Germany has 'enormous potential' for Libertas", EurActiv.com, 11 February 2009
  75. ↑ 75.0 75.1 75.2 "Flags and slogans mark Libertas congress in Rome", HONOR MAHONY, 1 May 2009, http://euobserver.com/
  76. ↑ "Libertas.eu policies" from http://www.libertas.eu/
  77. ↑ "Libertas.eu: Policies" from http://libertas.eu/
  78. ↑ "Volby.cz Evropský parlament 2009 > Jmenné seznamy a přehledy > Kandidáti dle politické příslušnosti > Strana Libertas" from http://volby.cz/
  79. ↑ "Wahlbewerber AUF" from http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de
  80. ↑ "AUF-Partei und Libertas schließen Bündnis für EU-Wahlen im Juni", 12 May 2009, from http://www.auf-partei.de/
  81. ↑ "Germany: AUF party and Libertas form alliance for the EU elections" from http://www.libertas.eu
  82. ↑ "ΣΤΙΣ ΕΥΡΩΕΚΛΟΓΕΣ ΤΗΣ 7 ΙΟΥΝΗ 2009", from Liberal Party
  83. ↑ 83.0 83.1 83.2 "Libertas allies with fringe right wing in Poland" from http://www.polskieradio.pl
  84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 84.2 "Komitet Wyborczy Libertas"
  85. ↑ "Lubelszczyzna - desant o. Rydzyka", Gazeta Wyborcza, 26 March 2009, English translation here
  86. ↑ "Borysiuk otworzy listę Libertas na Lubelszczyźnie?", 2009-03-28, http://www.radio.lublin.pl/
  87. ↑ "Pierwszy kongres polskiej Partii Regionów", undated (18 April 2009?), http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/
  88. ↑ "Do PE startują Libertas, LPR, UPR, Prawica i PDP", 29 March 2009, newsweek.pl, English translation here
  89. ↑ 89.0 89.1 "LIBERTAS - największe oszustwo wyborcze w wyborach do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2009 r."
  90. ↑ 90.0 90.1 "Wojciech Wierzejski komentuje rejestrację list: Hasłem naszym Wolność będzie i Ojczyzna nasza!"
  91. ↑ "Libertas list candidates in constituency number 4"
  92. ↑ "Libertas list candidates in constituency number 8"
  93. ↑ "Libertas announces alliance in Slovakia" from http://www.libertas.eu/
  94. ↑ "Miguel Durán, cabeza de lista de la coalición Ciudadanos-Libertas", 15 April 2009, http://www.libertaddigital.com, English translation here
  95. ↑ 95.0 95.1 "La elección de Miguel Durán como candidato desata una nueva crisis en C´s", 20 April 2009 22:10, http://www.elconfidencial.com, English translation here
  96. ↑ "Results:Czechia". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  97. ↑ "Results:Estonia". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  98. ↑ "Results:France". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  99. ↑ Home: Europawahlen: 2009: Wahlbewerber: Parteibewerber nach Listenplatz: Wahlbewerber AUF, from http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/ Der Bundeswahlleiter/Federal Election Directorate] of the Federal Republic of Germany
  100. ↑ "Results:Germany". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  101. ↑ "Results:Greece". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  102. ↑ "Results:Ireland". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  103. ↑ "Results:Latvia". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  104. ↑ "Results:Malta". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  105. ↑ "Results:Netherlands". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  106. ↑ "Results:Poland". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  107. ↑ "Results:Portugal". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  108. ↑ "Results:Slovakia". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  109. ↑ "Results:Spain". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  110. ↑ "Results:United Kingdom". Elections2009-results.eu. Retrieved 2013-06-20. 
  111. ↑ "Self Serving US Military Agenda of Messrs Ganley and McEvaddy" FineGael.ie Press Release, 25 April 2008
  112. ↑ "Man who says no" Irish Independent, 7 June 2008
  113. ↑ "Opening of September II plenary session: Minute of silence for victim of ETA bombing / Funding of the No campaign in Ireland", European Parliament press release, 22 September 2008
  114. ↑ "MEPs seeking source of Libertas funding", Jamie Smyth, Irish Times, 23 September 2008
  115. ↑ "Ireland Takes the EU Spotlight" Washington Post, 12 June 2008
  116. ↑ "On the mysterious trail of 'Mr No'", Irish Times, 31 May 2008

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Libertas.eu.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.