Libertas Netherlands
Libertas Nederland | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Alexander Brom[1] |
| Founded | on/before 18 March 2009 |
| Headquarters | Socratesstraat 289, 3076 BW Rotterdam.[2] |
| Ideology | anti-Lisbon Treaty, Pan-European nationalism |
| European affiliation | Libertas Party Limited |
| Colours | blue, gold |
| Website | |
| www.libertasnederland.nl/ | |
Libertas Netherlands (Dutch: Libertas Nederland) is a political party in the Netherlands. It contended the 2009 European Parliament elections under a common banner with Libertas Party Limited, the organization founded by Declan Ganley.
History[]
Ganleys registration with the Dutch Electoral Council (Kiesraad) to allow Libertas Nederland to run in the 2009 elections in the Netherlands[3] was successful.[2]
On 18 March 2009, proclaimed their support for Libertas. Nederland Transparent did not field their own candidates for the European Parliament election, 2009 because of a dispute with the Dutch government over whether they were the successor to, or the same party as Europa Transparent after their merger on 1 January 2008.[4] However, during a press conference on 18 March 2009 Ganley announced , one of Nederland Transparant's members and former candidates, as the president of Libertas Nederland.[1]
2009 European Parliament elections[]
Libertas Nederlands presented an electoral list with 24 candidates (see List of Libertas list candidates at the 2009 European Parliament elections) but could not gain any mandate.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ieren azen op Nederlandse kiezer", 19 March 2009, De Telegraaf
- ^ Jump up to: a b Het register van aanduidingen ten behoeve van de verkiezing van de leden van het Europees Parlement Archived 2009-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Declan Ganley signs papers for Libertas Nederland", posted on Libertas.eu's YouTube channel, 6 February 2009
- ^ "Europa Transparant toont de grote democratische tekortkomingen in Nederland aan Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine", Wednesday 18 March 2009, Nederland Transparant website
- Political parties established in 2009
- Libertas.eu
- Political parties in the Netherlands
- 2009 establishments in the Netherlands