Libertas Germany Explained
Libertas Germany (German: Libertas Partei Deutschland) is a eurosceptic German political party founded in 2009. It is a member of the pan-European movement Libertas.eu established to impede the Lisbon Treaty.
In March 2009 the foundation of Libertas Germany was disclosed at a press conference in Berlin. Carlos A. Gebauer and Eva Schoeller were presented as candidates for chairperson.[2]
However, Libertas Germany failed to obtain 4.000 certified signatures by the end of March to register for the 2009 Euroelections.[3] [4] This failure was described by the Irish Times as "a major blow to the organisation’s pan-European ambitions".[5]
Instead, the pan-European mother party Libertas.eu found by May 2009 a German affiliate in the small Christian conservative party AUF in order to pursue its pan-European ambitions for the 2009 European Elections. However, as AUF had already filed its electoral lists, the list name did not include the name Libertas, unlike the affiliate lists in the other European countries.[6] [7] [8]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Mitgliedschaft. Libertas Partei Deutschland. English translation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090310171518/http://libertas-deutschland.de/mitgliedschaft. 2009-03-10.
- Web site: Parteigründung und Pressekonferenz in Berlin. 3 March 2009. Libertas Partei Deutschland. English translation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090310171522/http://libertas-deutschland.de/nachrichten/parteigr-ndung-und-pressekonferenz-berlin. 10 March 2009.
- "Web site: Libertas: Unterschriftenziel nicht erreicht . Carlos A. Gebauer . 31 March 2009 . Eigentümlich frei.
- Web site: Europawahl: Wie weiter mit Libertas? . Ronald. Gläser . 1 April 2009 . Eigentümlich frei.
- Web site: Libertas misses deadline to register German candidates. Irish Times. 2 April 2009.
- Web site: Wahlbewerber AUF . bundeswahlleiter.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120218094911/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/europawahlen/EU_BUND_09/wahlbewerber/partei_listenplatz/liste_38.html . 2012-02-18 .
- Web site: AUF-Partei und Libertas schließen Bündnis für EU-Wahlen im Juni . 12 May 2009 . auf-partei.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090515162821/http://www.auf-partei.de/newsdetails/auf-partei-und-libertas-schliessen-buendnis-fuer-eu-wahlen-im-juni/ . 15 May 2009 .
- Web site: Germany: AUF party and Libertas form alliance for the EU elections . libertas.eu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090515001708/http://www.libertas.eu/en/news/9-news/342-germany-auf-party-and-libertas-form-alliance-for-the-eu-elections . May 15, 2009 .
