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Libertas
Party Articletitle:Libertas (lobby group)
President:Declan Ganley
Foundation:[1]
Dissolution:September 2010[2]
Ideology:Anti-Lisbon Treaty
Europarl:Europe of Freedom and Democracy
Colours:Blue, gold
Headquarters:Registered at Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland[3] [4]
European offices on 7th Floor, Avenue de Cortenbergh 71, Brussels 1000, Belgium[5]
Website:www.libertas.eu

Libertas was a pan-European political party founded by Declan Ganley that took part in the 2009 European Parliament election in several member states of the European Union. It won one seat in France.

History

Creation

See also: Libertas Institute Limited, Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2008 (Ireland) and political party at European level. 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[6] and defeated by 53.4% to 46.6%, with a turnout of 53.1%.[7]

Libertas held a post-referendum celebration in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin on the night of Friday, 13 June 2008.[8] Attending that celebration was Danish Eurosceptic[9] and former President of the EUDemocrats[10] and recently retired[11] MEP Jens-Peter Bonde,[8] who had been a "no" campaigner during the referendum.[8] Bonde was later cited as one of the main architects of the upgrading of Libertas to a political party at European level.[12] [13]

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.[14]

On 20 September 2008, The Irish Times reported[15] 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.[16]

On 30 October 2008, Ganley registered a company based in Moyne Park, Tuam, County Galway[1] [3] [4] called the Libertas Party Limited.[17] [1] [3] [4] The Irish Times reported that the new party was intended to "carry on the business of a European political party".[17] The party was publicly announced in December 2008[18] with ambitions to field up to 400[18] candidates and win seats in all 27[18] EU member states.

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

Pan-European expansion

Ganley then travelled around Europe to set up Libertas lists and parties for the 2009 European Parliament election.[19] In November 2008 Libertas opened its Brussels office.[20] Libertas launched in France on 12 February 2009, the Netherlands on 15 April,[21] followed by several other European Union member states.[22] On 1 May 2009, Libertas held its first pan-European party convention in Rome[23] in time for the European Parliament elections in June, when it fielded hundreds of candidates for election.[22]

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,[24] which he successfully did. FPÖ harshly rebuffed Ganley's advances associating his activism with an alleged American conspiracy.[25] The initially noncommital BZÖ[24] later also declined, preferring a loose cooperation in the European Parliament.[26]

Bulgaria

An electoral list called "Libertas: Free Citizens" (Bulgarian: Либертас: Свободните граждани) was formed by some 30 national and local Non-governmental organizations.[27] 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.[28] 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.[29] 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[30] The Czech eStat.cz civic group had ambitions to replicate Libertas's success[31] and awarded the Irish electorate the Michal Tošovský Prize,[32] picked up by Ganley in Prague on 5 November 2008.[30] 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.[33]

However, Ganley's Libertas was later rejected[34] [35] [36] 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.

Greece

After Manolis Kalligiannis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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, neither did the Pole of Autonomy list refer to Libertas.[42]

Lithuania

Ganley arrived in Vilnius on Tuesday 3 March 2009 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.[43] 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).[44]

On 31 March 2008, Libertas Lithuania gave a press conference.[45] [46] [47] Attendees at the press conference were Ganley, lawyer, political analyst and Lithuanian presidential advisor Lauras Bielinis, and Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija representative .[47]

In that press conference, it was announced that the Libertas Lithuanian list would be headed by Sutkiene[45] and would include Bielinis,[45] and that candidates from the Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija would stand with them under a common list,[45] [46] although Ganley and Stoma disagreed whether other parties would join them under that list.[46] When asked if he had read the Lisbon Treaty, Bielinis demurred.[46] [47] When asked about Libertas Lithuania's funding, Ganley demurred.[46] [47]

Bielinis planned to remain in his presidential advisory post until 7 May 2009 and take unpaid leave thereafter.[46] Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus disagreed and announced Bielinis' resignation the next day, 1 April 2009.[48]

When the lists were published, neither Bielinis nor Sutkiene were on Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija's list.[49] [50] When Libertas named their finalised candidates in May 2009, they did not include any candidates in Lithuania,[51] 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] 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

NamePositionNotes
Declan GanleyChairmanUnelected
Jens-Peter BondeBrussels Office Manager
Joe Trippi[62] Electoral consultantAmerican Democratic campaign consultant.
Worked on the presidential campaigns of Edward Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, Dick Gephardt, and John Edwards.
Lynton Crosby[63] Electoral consultantAustralian campaign consultant.
Worked on the election campaigns of John Howard, Michael Howard, and Boris Johnson.
Anita Kelly[64] [65] [66] Spokesperson
John McGuirkSpokespersonWas 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. Each list was made up of some combination of the following:

New national member parties established by Libertas had names in the "Libertas X" format, e.g. "Libertas Sweden"[69] (except in the UK).[70] Pre-existing national member parties were asked to change their names to include the word "Libertas" in the title.[43] 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]

Membership

Member parties

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

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.

Individual members

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: 2009 European Parliament election and List of Libertas list candidates in the 2009 European Parliament election.

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.eus lists were either members of member parties, members of affiliate parties, or individual members.

Member stateLibertas listNumber of seats
contested
4–7 June 2009		Elected
candidates
8 June 2009
Libertas (Czech Republic)290[100]
Libertas Estonia60[101]
Libertas France1471[102]
Libertas Germany11[103] [104] 0[105]
Libertas Greece220[106]
Libertas Ireland30[107]
Libertas Latvia80[108]
Libertas Malta10[109]
Libertas Netherlands240[110]
Libertas Poland128[111] 0[112]
Libertas Portugal220[113]
Libertas Slovakia130[114]
Libertas Spain500[115]
Libertas United Kingdom56[116] 0[117]

Commonality with other organizations

See 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.[118] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] A list of organizations associated with Libertas.eu and/or Declan Ganley is given here.

See also

Notes

  1. 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. News: Ganley's Libertas company dissolved. The Irish Times. 10 September 2010. 26 February 2014.
  3. http://www.ukdata.com/company-credit-reports/THE-LIBERTAS-PARTY-LIMITED.html "Entry for the Libertas Party Limited"
  4. http://www.solocheck.ie/FreeIrishCompanyReport?companyNumber=463758&companyName=THE+LIBERTAS+PARTY+LIMITED "Entry for the Libertas Party Limited"
  5. http://www.libertas.eu/contact "Contact Libertas"
  6. News: 12 June pencilled in as date for Lisbon Treaty vote. BreakingNews.ie. 2 April 2008. 2 April 2008.
  7. Web site: Results received at the Central Count Centre for the Referendum on The Lisbon Treaty. 13 June 2008. 13 June 2008. Referendum Returning Officer, referendum.ie. https://web.archive.org/web/20080619215420/http://www.referendum.ie/current/index.asp?ballotid=78 . 19 June 2008.
  8. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article4139706.ece "Europe caught in our offside trap"
  9. http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=354566 "Lisbon treaty to bring more power to officials-critics in Prague"
  10. http://eudemocrats.org/eud/news.php?uid=109 "Bonde calls for Referendum in 2009"
  11. Web site: Inbituin . Bonde's last speech in the Parliament . Eudemocrats.org . 2008-05-13 . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220081330/http://eudemocrats.org/eud/news.php?uid=80 . 20 February 2012.
  12. http://www.euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/anti-lisbon-party-obtains-eu-recognition-funding/article-179099 "Anti-Lisbon party obtains EU recognition and funding"
  13. http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=sport-qqqm=sport-qqqa=sport-qqqid=83402-qqqx=1.asp "Libertas set to emerge as political party as candidates unveiled"
  14. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0716/1216073118337.html "Libertas may contest European elections"
  15. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0920/1221835126848.html "Eurosceptics to help Ganley if he is MEP candidate"
  16. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/1113/1226408581963.html "Ganley's dinner party was a meeting of minds"
  17. Web site: "Ganley registers Libertas as a European political party" from the Irish Times, 1 November 2008 . 24 February 2009 . 23 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110223192235/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/1101/1225321623322.html . dead .
  18. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5338120.ece "Libertas to seek a Euro majority"
  19. Arnold, Bruce (2009). The Fight for Democracy – The Libertas Voice in Europe. A series of interviews with Declan Ganley by Bruce Arnold. . Killynon House Books Ltd.
  20. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/1127/1227739034156.html Ganley's Brussels office opens for business
  21. Web site: YouTube clip of Libertas launch in Netherlands . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/m8yeGMEXzzY . 2021-12-15 . live. Youtube.com . 2009-04-16 . 2013-06-20.
  22. http://libertas.eu/ Libertas website
  23. http://www.libertas.eu/convention/ Libertas Party Convention, Rome
  24. http://www.austriantimes.at/index.php?id=11605 "Martin stiffs Irish ´Libertas´"
  25. http://text.ots.at/meldung.php?k=OTS_20090219_OTS0178&q=&von=20090123&bis=20090222 "Mölzer: In Österreich gibt es nur eine EU-kritische Partei, und das ist die FPÖ"
  26. http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1240549941581%26sap=2%26_pid=12769021 "BZÖ wünscht sich Kooperation mit Libertas"
  27. http://www.bulgaria-news.bg/bg/news/read/1237 "ЕВРОСКЕПТИЦИТЕ ОТ „ЛИБЕРТАС" ПУСНАХА КОРЕНИ В БЪЛГАРИЯ"
  28. http://www.econ.bg/news/article161161/opredeliha_nomerata_na_byuletinite_za_evroizborite "Определиха номерата на бюлетините за евроизборите"
  29. http://www.sac.government.bg/home.nsf/0/6F16D0D07F1E494C422575B70036572D "ВАС отхвърли жалбата на коалиция „Либертас: Свободните граждани" срещу решението на ЦИКЕП, с което е отказана регистрация на коалицията"
  30. "Irish receive Czech prize for rejection of Lisbon treaty " 6 November 2008, Prague Monitor
  31. "Think-tank: Lisbon Treaty brings new imperialism" 4 November 2008, Prague Monitor
  32. Web site: Senát - návštěva z Evropského parlamentu. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic . English translation.
  33. http://praguemonitor.com/2008/11/11/klaus-calls-himself-eu-dissident "Klaus calls himself 'EU dissident'"
  34. New right wing party to be founded. 9 December 2008, Prague Monitor.
  35. Web site: A rocky start to a barrier-free European future. Neurope.eu. 19 January 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090330062728/http://www.neurope.eu/articles/92024.php. 30 March 2009.
  36. "Anti-Lisbon party launches in Czech Republic ", The Irish Times, Monday 12 January 2009
  37. http://www.libertas.eu/en/news/9-news/289-libertas-candidates-sign-petition-for-democracy-at-rome-convention "Libertas candidates sign petition for democracy at Rome Convention"
  38. http://www.eptanews.gr/2009/05/13/%CE%A1%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B6/%CE%9F_%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%81%CF%89-%CE%BB%CF%8C%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD/2874.html "Ο ευρω-λόγος των κομμάτων"
  39. http://index.hu/belfold/2009/04/28/legyen_on_is_ep-kepviselo/ "Legyen ön is EP-képviselő!: Magyarkúti Barna"
  40. http://www.libertas.eu/en/news/news-italy/274-libertaseu-and-lautonomia-in-discussions-to-run-together-for-european-elections-in-italy-announcement-to-be-made-at-the-first-libertas-convention-in-rome "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"
  41. http://www.ladestranews.it/notizie-la-destra/la-destra-al-meeting-paneuropeo-libertas.html "La Destra al meeting paneuropeo Libertas"
  42. Web site: L'Autonomia website . Lautonomia.it . 2013-06-20.
  43. http://www.euro.lt/en/news/lithuanias-membership-in-the-eu/news/5233/ "Party agitating against Lisbon Treaty seeks candidates for European Parliament elections in Lithuania"
  44. http://www.balsas.lt/naujiena/245357/i-vilniu-vel-atvyksta-paneuropines-partijos-libertas-vadovas/rubrika:naujienos-lietuva-politika "Į Vilnių vėl atvyksta paneuropinės partijos „Libertas“ vadovas"
  45. http://www.libertas.eu/en/news/news-lithuania/182-libertas-announces-election-plans-for-lithuania Libertas announces election plans for Lithuania.
  46. http://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/10266529/?Paneuropines.partijos.Libertas.EP.rinkimu.sarase..Bielinis..papildyta.=2009-03-31_14-35 "Paneuropinės partijos „Libertas“ EP rinkimų sąraše – Bielinis (papildyta)"
  47. http://politika.atn.lt/straipsnis/20269/prezidento-patarejas--sturmuos-europarlamenta-su-avalinsko-partija-dar-atnaujinta "Prezidento patarėjas šturmuos Europarlamentą su A.Valinsko partija (dar atnaujinta)"
  48. http://news.penki.lt/news.aspx?Lang=RU&Element=News&TopicID=62&IMAction=ViewArticle&ArticleID=194431 "Л. Белинис – уже не советник президента"
  49. http://vilnius.adagio4.eu/view/lt/EP_rinkimai_2009/EP_rinkimai_Lietuvoje/Partiju_sarasai.html "Kandidatų sąrašai"
  50. http://www.vrk.lt/rinkimai/404_lt/KandidatuSarasai/RinkimuOrganizacija3612.html "Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausioji rinkimų komisija: 2009 m. birželio 7 d. rinkimai į Europos Parlamentą"
  51. http://www.libertas.eu/en/candidates "Libertas.eu :: Candidates"
  52. Web site: Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija website . Prisikelimopartija.lt . 2013-06-20.
  53. http://www.libertas.eu/en/news/news-portugal/257-libertas-and-mpt-announce-european-election-partnership "Libertas and MPT announce European election partnership"
  54. http://www.hnutiedomova.sk/download/Kopeckyletak.pdf "Priatelia, spolupracovníci, príbuzní, rodáci, spoluobčania!"
  55. http://eudemocrats.org/eud/news.php?uid=152 "EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2009 - Peter Kopecky to contest European elections"
  56. http://www.sme.sk/c/4321858/ganley-europska-unia-je-skoro-ako-chavez.html "Ganley: Európska únia je skoro ako Chávez"
  57. http://www.libertas.eu/en/news/news-slovakia/362-libertas-announces-alliance-in-slovakia "Libertas announces alliance in Slovakia"
  58. Web site: Ondrej Jombík . Koalícia KDS – OKS: Chceme združenie slobodne spolupracujúcich štátov, nie byrokratický superštát . Oks.sk . 2009-03-31 . 2013-06-20.
  59. Web site: Crosbie . Judith . Libertas's Ganley concedes defeat in Irish contest . Europeanvoice.com . 2013-06-20.
  60. http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/libertas-leader-threw-toys-out-of-election-pram-1766466.html "Libertas leader threw toys out of election pram"
  61. Web site: Opposition Leader Ganley: Irish People Scared into Backing Lisbon Treaty - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency . Novinite.com . 2009-10-03 . 2013-06-20.
  62. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0303/1224242151629.html "Libertas hires top US election campaigner"
  63. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25226596-5013871,00.html "Howard's man in Europe challenge"
  64. http://www.naszdziennik.pl/index.php?typ=po&dat=20090203&id=po33.txt "Libertas w Warszawie"
  65. http://www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=4082&alias=wzo&cob=398073 "Irish anti-EU party make Austrian bid"
  66. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0122/1232474672730.html "Czech Libertas recruit has conviction for evading duty"
  67. http://zpravy.idnes.cz/slovaci-si-mozna-budou-vybirat-europoslance-ze-strany-libertas-pwr-/zahranicni.asp?c=A090223_230529_zahranicni_lf "Slováci si možná budou vybírat europoslance ze strany Libertas"
  68. http://www.libertas.eu/en/news/news-estonia/270-libertas-eesti-erakond-kinnitas-europarlamendi-valimisnimekirja "Libertas Eesti Erakond kinnitas Europarlamendi valimisnimekirja"
  69. http://www.libertas.eu/sweden/181-hjaelp-libertas-bli-ett-registrerat-parti "Hjälp Libertas bli ett registrerat parti"
  70. 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"
  71. http://www.tvp.info/news.html?directory=17099&news=858431 "Irlandzki milioner tworzy w Polsce antyeuropejski ruch"
  72. http://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/nytt-nejparti-staller-upp-i-eu-valet-1.812326 "Nytt nejparti ställer upp i EU-valet"
  73. http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1938073,11,nowa_partia_nie_bedzie_miec_polskiego_prezesa,item.html "Nowa partia nie będzie mieć polskiego prezesa"
  74. http://www.euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/ganley-germany-enormous-potential-libertas/article-179367 "Ganley: Germany has 'enormous potential' for Libertas"
  75. http://euobserver.com/9/28054 "Flags and slogans mark Libertas congress in Rome"
  76. http://www.libertas.eu/en/policies "Libertas.eu policies"
  77. http://libertas.eu/en/policies "Libertas.eu: Policies"
  78. 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.
  79. http://www.libertas.eu/en/news/news-czech/184-mps-who-voted-against-czech-government-join-libertas-list-for-european-parliament-elections "MPs who voted against Czech government join Libertas list for European Parliament elections"
  80. http://volby.cz/pls/ep2009/ep2213?xjazyk=CZ&xv=1&xstrana=1 "Volby.cz Evropský parlament 2009 > Jmenné seznamy a přehledy > Kandidáti dle politické příslušnosti > Strana Libertas"
  81. http://www.latribune.fr/actualites/economie/union-europeenne/20090304trib000350947/europeennes-frederic-nihous-et-philippe-de-villiers-feront-campagne-commune.html "Européennes : Frédéric Nihous et Philippe de Villiers feront campagne commune"
  82. http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2009/03/09/01002-20090309ARTFIG00343-villiers-et-nihous-pour-un-protectionnisme-europeen-.php "Villiers et Nihous pour un «protectionnisme européen»"
  83. http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/europawahlen/EU_BUND_09/wahlbewerber/partei_listenplatz/liste_38.html "Wahlbewerber AUF"
  84. http://www.auf-partei.de/newsdetails/auf-partei-und-libertas-schliessen-buendnis-fuer-eu-wahlen-im-juni/ "AUF-Partei und Libertas schließen Bündnis für EU-Wahlen im Juni"
  85. http://www.libertas.eu/en/news/9-news/342-germany-auf-party-and-libertas-form-alliance-for-the-eu-elections "Germany: AUF party and Libertas form alliance for the EU elections"
  86. http://www.liberalparty.gr/ekdoseis/FILELEFTHEROS.pdf "ΣΤΙΣ ΕΥΡΩΕΚΛΟΓΕΣ ΤΗΣ 7 ΙΟΥΝΗ 2009"
  87. http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/foreignaffairs/artykul106640_libertas_allies_with_fringe_right_wing_in_poland.html "Libertas allies with fringe right wing in Poland"
  88. http://pe2009.pkw.gov.pl/PUE/EN/KOMITETY/k44.htm "Komitet Wyborczy Libertas"
  89. http://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,6431334,Lubelszczyzna___desant_o__Rydzyka.html "Lubelszczyzna - desant o. Rydzyka"
  90. http://www.radio.lublin.pl/index.php?site=news_details&id=54455 "Borysiuk otworzy listę Libertas na Lubelszczyźnie?"
  91. http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1342,title,Pierwszy-kongres-polskiej-Partii-Regionow,wid,11048090,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=17dfd "Pierwszy kongres polskiej Partii Regionów"
  92. https://archive.today/20130113120636/http://www.newsweek.pl/artykuly/sekcje/polska/do-pe-startuja-libertas--lpr--upr--prawica-i-pdp,37977,1 "Do PE startują Libertas, LPR, UPR, Prawica i PDP"
  93. http://maclawyer.pl/libertas-najwieksze-oszustwo-wyborcze-w-wyborach-do-parlamentu-europejskiego-2009-r.html "LIBERTAS - największe oszustwo wyborcze w wyborach do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2009 r."
  94. http://www.lpr.pl/?sr=!czytaj&id=6701&dz=kraj&x=0&pocz=0&gr=0 "Wojciech Wierzejski komentuje rejestrację list: Hasłem naszym Wolność będzie i Ojczyzna nasza!"
  95. http://pe2009.pkw.gov.pl/PUE/EN/KOMITETY/k44_4.htm "Libertas list candidates in constituency number 4"
  96. http://pe2009.pkw.gov.pl/PUE/EN/KOMITETY/k44_8.htm "Libertas list candidates in constituency number 8"
  97. http://www.libertas.eu/en/news/news-slovakia/362-libertas-announces-alliance-in-slovakia "Libertas announces alliance in Slovakia"
  98. http://www.libertaddigital.com/nacional/miguel-duran-cabeza-de-lista-de-la-coalicion-ciudadanos-libertas-1276356455/ "Miguel Durán, cabeza de lista de la coalición Ciudadanos-Libertas"
  99. http://www.elconfidencial.com/cache/2009/04/20/83_eleccion_miguel_duran_candidato_desata_nueva.html "La elección de Miguel Durán como candidato desata una nueva crisis en C´s"
  100. Web site: Results:Czechia . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/czech_republic_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  101. Web site: Results:Estonia . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/estonia_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  102. Web site: Results:France . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/france_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  103. http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/europawahlen/EU_BUND_09/wahlbewerber/partei_listenplatz/liste_38.html Home: Europawahlen: 2009: Wahlbewerber: Parteibewerber nach Listenplatz: Wahlbewerber AUF
  104. 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
  105. Web site: Results:Germany . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/germany_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  106. Web site: Results:Greece . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/greece_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  107. Web site: Results:Ireland . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/ireland_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  108. Web site: Results:Latvia . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/latvia_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  109. Web site: Results:Malta . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/malta_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  110. Web site: Results:Netherlands . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/netherlands_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  111. Kazimierz Wilk and Barbara Czyż resigned from Libertas, reducing the originally-reported total of 130 by two
  112. Web site: Results:Poland . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/poland_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  113. Web site: Results:Portugal . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/portugal_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  114. Web site: Results:Slovakia . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/slovakia_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  115. Web site: Results:Spain . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/spain_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  116. Benjamin Caradoc Tallis resigned from Libertas, reducing the originally-reported total of 57 by one
  117. Web site: Results:United Kingdom . Elections2009-results.eu . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127054538/http://www.elections2009-results.eu/en/united_kingdom_en.html . 27 January 2016 .
  118. http://www.finegael.ie/news/index.cfm/type/details/nkey/34157 "Self Serving US Military Agenda of Messrs Ganley and McEvaddy"
  119. http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/man-who-says-no-1401277.html?r=RSS "Man who says no"
  120. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/expert/infopress/20080919IPR37656/20080919IPR37656_en.pdf "Opening of September II plenary session: Minute of silence for victim of ETA bombing / Funding of the No campaign in Ireland"
  121. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0923/1222105125507.html "MEPs seeking source of Libertas funding"
  122. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/needtoknow/2008/06/ireland_takes_the_eu_spotlight.html "Ireland Takes the EU Spotlight"
  123. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/2008/0531/1212156417272.html "On the mysterious trail of 'Mr No'"

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