The EU election thread

[Louis VI the Fat]

Libertas is the party of Irish business man Ganley. He is credited with being instrumental in the Irish no vote over the Lisbon Treaty.

It would now appear that not everything is what it seems about Ganley:

THE TREATMENT of Libertas founder Declan Ganley by the media raises “very fundamental questions” about Irish journalism, Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche has said.
Mr Roche said that, notwithstanding the work of two journalists – Colm Keena of The Irish Times and RTÉ’s Katie Hannon – Mr Ganley’s background in business was not “properly probed”.

The Libertas leader has said that he will not be involved in a second campaign against the Lisbon Treaty.

“He suckered a lot of senior journalists all over this country,” Mr Roche said. “All you have to do is look at the simple improbability of his biography and at the suggestions that he was, at 20, 22 years of age, running the largest forestry operation in the former Soviet Union. You just have to look at any of these so-called facts and you could begin to ask serious questions.”

Mr Roche also asked what had happened to the funds Libertas had collected over the past year.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...248537825.html


Ganley organised a pan-European party for this month's EU election. This party / movement, it appeared, was, oh let's say, a peculiar mixture of opportunists from the political fringes

UNSUCCESSFUL LIBERTAS candidate for Dublin Caroline Simons sent a legal letter to Declan Ganley’s spokesman the day after the European elections accusing the spokesman of defaming her.

Ms Simons’s complaint related to a press release issued to the media in her name describing an international Jewish organisation, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, as “beneath contempt”.

The release was prompted by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre’s claim that some Libertas candidates around Europe were “known anti-Semites, homophobes and anti-migrant racists”.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...248899908.html


Did someone mention 'fraud in the EU'? Do I hear somebody mention 'foreign interference in Ireland'? That's right. Our dear Ganley used both themes in his Irish 'No' campaign. However, it appears one need not look further than Ganley himself:

Anti-Lisbon organisation Libertas failed to provide adequate information to the Standards in Public Office commission on its activities during last year’s referendum, a report found today.

[the report] demonstrated that Libertas was not willing to operate under the Law, according to Minister for Europe, Dick Roche.

"It raises real issues regarding the extent of foreign interference channelled via Libertas into the referendum campaign. The report demonstrates the need for an immediate strengthening of the law."

“It confirms questions raised by me and others about the role of US defence contractor Rivada Networks Ltd and its Irish office. It contains and confirms that there was serious external interference in Ireland's referendum campaign from Mr Ganley's euro sceptic contacts via the Libertas campaign.”

Currently, Ganley has fled from politics. With his tail between his legs, amongst lawsuits, allegations of fraud, and millions worth of unpaid bills.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...248690587.html




Thank you very much, you lying, fraudulent , for giving Ireland and the EU years worth of trouble.