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Libertas' Declan Ganley comeback against ‘democracy-hating’ Lisbon treaty

("naomi o'leary",) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:00:00 -0000

He opposed the Lisbon treaty. He got 600 candidates to run for his party across all the 27 member states in 2008; yet only one was (re-)elected in Hungary. The Galway multimillionare, 41, resigned from politics after his failure. But the Libertas leader is back to push for a second Irish No

Throw your toys out of the pram

('Sarah Truesdale',) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:06:59 -0000

The Irish kick off after a 'scathing electoral defeat', whilst the Germans can be heard to 'wail like cats'. Weekly language expressions from around Europe

Libertas: eurosceptic, but first real europarty?

('Matthew',) — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:45:00 -0000

The Irish European parliament elections in June 2009 represent a key moment in Ireland’s future relations with the EU. The Lisbon treaty was rejected in June 2008; will Ireland elect many eurosceptic MEPs? Or are the Irish population really interested in a more inclusive and cohesive EU?

Libertas! Eurosceptic party run in European elections

('Lindsey Evans',) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:18:35 -0000

Declan Ganley, the wealthy Irish entrepreneur and architect of Ireland's 'No' vote on the Lisbon treaty, has created his own eurosceptic party called Libertas. Latest titbit of news from Brussels

Do you know when the EU elections are? Nor do 75% of Europeans

('Annie Rutherford',) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:00:00 -0000

The paradox in this is that Ireland remains one of the EU member states most interested in this election, despite hindering the ratification of the Lisbon treaty