Libertas statement clash again on 1 mil payment offer

Though one Libertas spokesman John McGuirk admitted that talks regarding 1 million euro did take place another Libertas spokeperson Anita Kelly says that they did not offer cash. McGuirk's statement came two days after kelly's and is the latest from Libertas. Sören Wibe critised the "foreign billionaire." who he says wants an EU army. This is ironic as Ganley and Libertas used the false claim that Lisbon ratification would lead to conscription in Ireland in their campaign to stop the ratification of the treaty in Ireland. Here

New sets of European elections

Publicerat 2009-03-03 19:54 Published 2009-03-03 19:54

The Irish nejpartiet Libertas set up in Sweden's EU elections. But the party accused of having tried to buy the winner of the last parliamentary elections, Junilistan.

They tried to buy us for 10 million, if we called ourselves the Junilistan-Libertas. But we rejected it, "says Sören Wibe, which tops the list ballot paper at the June European elections in June.

Libertas is a party created by the Irish businessman Declan Ganley, who led nejsidan to victory in Ireland's referendum on the Lisbon Treaty last year. He wants to start lots in all 27 EU countries to stand in parliamentary elections.

n. According to Sören Wibe was Declan Ganley on the visit to Sweden in January to negotiate with Junilistan.

Election approved Libertas Sweden since they got together the 1 500 names required. En av One of the June List's founder, Jesper Katz, stands as the official partibildare. . Katz would not comment on the allegations, but Libertas spokesperson Anita Kelly denies that it offered money.

Junilistan received in European elections in 2004 supported by finance, but Sören Wibe says they do not receive money from any "foreign billionaire."

Nor do we know what Libertas stands for except that they are against the Lisbon Treaty. . It seems they want a strong EU, with the president and the army", says Wibe. http://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/nytt-nejparti-staller-upp-i-eu-valet-1.812326

Irish Times on Libertas attempt to buy a Swedish party

Statement by Junilistan
. The Irish businessman Declan Ganley and his party
Libertas has offered Junilistan ten o'clock million to become part of
Junilistan. The offer was rejected of course by Sören Wibe.

• Sören Wibe Sören Wibe
  

In principle, the Monday a bid for us.. We rejected this course, immediately, we are not for sale. Det här strider ju mot allt vad vi tror på. This is contrary to everything we believe. To be financed by a foreign billionaire in a political party . The actual offer is a direct rudeness, "says Sören Wibe to Ekot today-
Politics is not money. Politics is credible and that it is honest in its message to voters. . We strive to represent the people against the elite.en utländsk miljardär är fullkomligt otänkbart givetvis, säger Sören Wibe. That we would receive money from a foreign billionaire is completely unthinkable of course, "says Sören Wibe

Austrian MEP Hans-Peter Martin turns his back on Libertas on day bribery scandal over 1 mil euro offer to Swedish party is reported

Austrian MEP Hans-Peter Martin breaks with Libertas

Austria's oldest newspaper Wiener Zeitung reports online that independent MEP Hans-Peter Martin will not run for Libertas.

On Feb 19, 2009‎ Wiener Zeitung reported that Anita Kelly Libertas spokesperson in Brussles when asked if the candidate would be independent Austrian MEP Hans-Peter Martin, Kelly said: "Mr. Martin is a great supporter and friend of Libertas". However she would not confirm he would run. Ganley has been courting Martin for some time. Martin attended the Ganley funded Eurosceptics dinner for Vaclav Klaus in Dublin.

see Irsih Times report EU opponents invited to Ganley dinner

MEP Martin rules out to run for Libertas
Wiener Zeitung - ‎6 hours ago‎
Austrian inde- pendent MEP Hans-Peter Martin will not run for re-election this June on the list of the Irish anti-EU "Libertas” party

Did Martin realise that after the Swedish allegations that Libertas attempted to bribe the political party June List/Junilistan that running for Libertas would spell electoral failure?
Martin, who is running for re-election to the European parliament on June 13, is campaigning as an anti-corruption "Mr. Clean. Libertas obviously failed in that regard.

The Swedish affair also raises question about MEP Phillip de Villiers. How much have Libertas given or promised his france far right MPF for their support for Libertas?

Will European voters support the purchase of their national eurosceptic parties by Libertas? Can any politicians who is currently planning to be in Rome on 25 March do so now without peple asking the obvious question
"What is their price tag"?

For a party claiming to seek democracy and transparency this latest dishonest and possibly criminal act by Libertas should prove to all how slippery secretive and dishonest they are.
the European public need to now know who is paying for all this.

http://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/nytt-nejparti-staller-upp-i-eu-valet-1.812326


Irish Times on Libertas attempt to buy Swedish party

Hans-Peter Martin, Junilistan und Libertas

MEP Hans-Peter Martin will unabhaengig bleiben, also wird er Libertas nicht noch antreten. Libertas ist eine irische Partei, die gegen den Lissabonvertrag ist. Martin beschreibt sich: "ein großer Unterstützer und Freund von Libertas."

Es gibt berichten, dass Libertas eine schwedische Partei (Junilistan) fast €1 Millionen angeboten hat, wenn sie mit Libertas fuer das Europaparlament in Juni (unter dem Name "Junilistan-Libertas") kandidieren wurden. Junilistan war nicht sehr begeistert, und sagt der Presse die Geschichte. (Auf Englisch). Junilistan ist auch gegen den Lissabonvertrag.

Gibt es einen Zusammenhang?

Gepostet von Eurocentric unter 02:53

Libertas and Irish minister discuss the Libertas attempt to bribe Swedish party with 1 million euro

John McGuirk said of Libertas' reported attempt to bribe a a party in Sweden to support Libertas was "Normal and not unusual " on Ireland's Newstalk106 Lunchtime show.
He agreed that Libertas representitives met with June List and that money was"of course" discussed. He further admitted that the figure of one million was likely to have been discussed by Jasper Katz of Libertas with the June List.

Irish minister for European Affiars Dick Roche replied " I am falling around the room laughing" (at that explaination)He continued: "Libertas is a scam.....................hovering up money." On McGuirk's statements he said "We are not going to get the truth from them (Libertas) today". he said that the attempt by Libertas "to buy over a political party with 3 MEPs was unprecedented in the European Union".

The issue of Libertas' use of MPs names against their permission in order to recieve EU funding was also discussed. Roche said that the whole affair needed to be investigated for fraud as it was one of several bizarre aand unprecendented incidents which showed the true nature of Libertas. The minister implied that the public will never get the truth from Libertas on these affairs. he made particular reference to Libertas' use of signitures without permission or consent in an attempt to get 200,000 euro from the EU.

McGuirk said "those guys signed the application for funding. "


This is a lie. The documents posted on the Libertas website are not applications for funding they appear to be membership application forms for Libertas. The circumstances which these signitures were obtained are also very murky and need to be investigated.

Libertas offer Swedish party 10 million SEK to run with them

Declan Ganley buying politiical support with cash

No transparency as Libertas refuse to answer questions on their offering a Swedish party nearly one million euro as a sweetner to run for Libertas in the European elections. The party's motto Transparency , Democracy, and Accountibility is shown for the empty rhethoric that is Declan Ganley. Libertas should be censured and barred from running in the European elections, their attempt to buy political parties is a breach of electoral standards and is as morally bankrupt as Declan Ganley's Anglo Adriatic Investment Fund is financial bankrupt.

On the same day that Libertas registered for the European elections in Sweden breaking news revealed Declan Ganley's Libertas offering cash to a political group in Sweden. The offer was rejected by the party, June List

Declan Ganley's Libertas is trying to buy political parties across Europe. This blog has previously suggested that Ganley was offering cash to established parties to help brand Libertas as a genuine political party with real supporters. Libertas is in fact a highly funded private entity owned by Declan Ganley. Ganley neo con links are well known. The party is a a shell company awaiting like may of Ganley's other business enterprise. Libertas are a business that's goal is to purchase political power.

Breaking from Sweden..................... Libertas offer Swedish Party June List

10,000,000.00 SEK

=

876,461.93 EUR

to join with them in their campaign for European dominance.

However a further twist to this story June List are a eurosceptic party and Libertas are insisting that despite getting support from eurosceptics and the extreme right wing across Europe they claim to be pro Europe and NOT right wing.
Ganley's business plan is a threat to our freedom and democracy.
It is now time to now actively resist Libertas.

editors note Since this posting The Irish Times has come out on line I am inserting here original post continues after Irish Time article
Thursday, March 5, 2009

Libertas in fresh controversy over bid to recruit Swedish group

MARY FITZGERALD, Foreign Affairs Correspondent

LIBERTAS BECAME embroiled in fresh controversy yesterday following its attempts to persuade a Swedish Eurosceptic party to merge with the organisation in Sweden.

Sören Wibe, leader of Junilistan (The June List), claims that representatives from anti-Lisbon Treaty party Libertas offered considerable sums of money, including almost €1 million on one occasion, if his party agreed to change its name to Junilistan-Libertas.

After the story appeared in the Swedish media earlier this week, Anita Kelly, a spokeswoman for Libertas, told Sweden’s state-funded radio station P1 that no such offer had been made. “We did not make any offer to any party to run with Libertas or anything like that. We have discussed budgets as we would with anyone, but money was not offered,” she said.

Libertas was registered as a political party by the Swedish Election Authority on Tuesday after the organisation gathered the 1,500 signatures required for registration.

Mr Wibe, whose party was formed the year after Swedish voters rejected the adoption of the euro in a 2003 referendum, told The Irish Times he had met with Libertas founder Declan Ganley in Sweden in January. The offers of financial assistance had come from Libertas representatives of Scandinavian origin on other occasions, and not from Mr Ganley, he added.

“One of my colleagues was offered 10 million kronor [about €900,000] for the party and, in other discussions, it was clear that sums of that size were available,” Mr Wibe said.

“I have at least a dozen witnesses who can verify that these approaches were made.”

Junilistan garnered 14 per cent of the vote in Sweden’s 2004 European elections and won three seats in the European Parliament out of the country’s allocation of 19. The party is a member of the Independence and Democracy grouping in Brussels.

Libertas intends to run candidates in all 27 member states in the European Parliament elections in June in an attempt to transform the ballot into a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

Mr Wibe said he was shocked by the nature of Libertas’s overtures to his party. “I believe [Libertas’s] behaviour was extremely unethical,” he said yesterday. “I was insulted. It would be extremely unethical for our party to be funded by a millionaire from another country. It goes against everything we stand for.”

Of Mr Ganley, he said: “I do believe that he means well, but I also believe he is not a politician. He doesn’t understand that doing politics is not the same as doing business.”

In a statement posted on its website, Junilistan said: “Politics is not money. Politics is credibility and being true to the message you deliver to your voters.”

Libertas did not return calls yesterday for comment.

Irish Times

Junilistan offered millions for cooperation

. Ganley wanted to buy in to.

Irish Party Libertas, who was behind that Ireland voted against the EU's new treaty, set up in the Swedish EU elections. Founder Declan Ganley offered Swedish Junilistan 10 million SEK to become a partner.

Junilistans ordförande Sören Wibe June List president Sören Wibe

Utländskt parti i svenska EU-valet Foreign party in the Swedish EU elections

They gave us assurances of quite substantial financial assistance, if we would agree to change our name to Junilistan - Libertas. We rejected the course immediately, "says Sören Wibe.

Varför? Why?

– Vi är inte till salu. - We are not for sale. This is contrary to everything we believe in, to be financed by a foreign billionaire in a political party, I think this course is an offer that is a direct rudeness, says Wibe.

June List chairman Sören Wibe, who as recently as about a month ago in Stockholm, then reached Libertas founder Declan Ganley.

According Wibe has Junilistan by one of Libertas representatives offered ten million to become political partners with Libertas.

Two of the June List politician, the former Christian Democrats, Bjorn von der Esch and Leif

The nilistans former medarbertare Jesper Katz has today registered Libertas as a party in the Swedish European Parliament elections.

Katz wants to play down the information on financial assistance to Junilistan.

There have been various speculations about what it would cost to run a campaign. However, it is not the same as an offer.

It was in December last year as Libertas decided to try and stand in European Parliament elections in the EU's twenty-seven countries. The goal is to stop the EU's Lisbon Treaty by Ireland in a referendum said no to.

A new referendum is expected in the autumn - a referendum Libertas want to occur through a strong performance in this year's European Parliament elections.

Herman Melzer Herman Melzer
herman.melzer@sr.se herman.melzer @ sr.se

http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/ekot/artikel.asp?artikel=2674010



also today on French TV Phillipe de Villiers claimed that his MPF are running for Libertas because they have the potential of taking control of the European parliament since they are running all countries. he was very vauge about his platform and could not directly answer questions about Ganley and Ganley's schemes.

16:42 | tisdag 3 mars 2009

Junilistan erbjöds miljoner för samarbete

Ganley ville köpa in sig.

Irländska partiet Libertas, som låg bakom att Irland röstade nej till EU:s nya fördrag, ställer upp också i det svenska EU-valet. Grundaren Declan Ganley erbjöd svenska Junilistan 10 miljoner kronor för att bli kompanjon.

Junilistans ordförande Sören Wibe

Utländskt parti i svenska EU-valet

– I princip lade man ett bud på oss. Man gav oss försäkringar om ganska omfattande ekonomiskt stöd, om vi skulle gå med på att förändra vårt namn till Junilistan - Libertas. Vi avvisade naturligtvis det omedelbart, säger Sören Wibe.

Varför?

– Vi är inte till salu. Det här strider mot allt vad vi tror på, att låta sig finansieras av en utländsk miljardär i ett politiskt parti, det tycker jag ju är ett erbjudande som är en direkt oförskämdhet, säger Wibe.

Junilistans ordförande Sören Wibe, som så sent som för någon månad sedan i Stockholm sedan träffade Libertas grundare Declan Ganley.

Enligt Wibe har Junilistan via en av Libertas representanter erbjudits tio miljoner kronor för att bli politiska kompanjoner med Libertas.

Två av Junilistans politiker, de före detta kristdemokraterna Björn von der Esch och Leif Danielsson, har dessutom tillfrågats om de vill ställa upp för Libertas.

Junilistans före detta medarbertare Jesper Katz är den som i dag hos valmyndigheten registrerat Libertas som parti i det svenska Europaparlamentsvalet.

Katz vill tona ner uppgifterna om ekonomiskt stöd till Junilistan.

– Det har funnits olika spekulationer om vad det skulle kosta att driva en kampanj. Det är dock inte samma sak som ett erbjudande.

Det var i december förra året som Libertas bestämde sig för att försöka ställa upp i Europaparlamentsvalet i EU:s samtliga tjugosju länder. Målet är att stoppa EU:s Lissabonfördrag som Irland i en folkomröstning sagt nej till.

En ny folkomröstning väntas i höst - en folkomröstning Libertas vill förekomma genom ett starkt resultat i årets Europaparlamentsval.

Herman Melzer

herman.melzer@sr.se