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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9832

4 February 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/european elections
With recognition as European political party, Libertas will receive over €200,000 in European aid in 2009

Brussels, 03/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Bureau of the European Parliament decide on Monday 2 February to recognise the Eurosceptic Libertas movement as a European political party. Libertas was formed by Irish business man Declan Ganley, who led the “No” campaign in Ireland against the Lisbon Treaty in 2008. Thus, Libertas will receive funding of €202,823 from EU coffers in 2009. Ganley, however, has said that he does not intend to use this money to finance his campaign in the...

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