Richard Corbett MEP, Labour's spokesman on EU Reform, has described Libertas' decision to run European election candidates in the UK as a "farce", adding that the anti-European group was "a personal vanity project" for founder Declan Ganley.
Richard said: "Eurosceptics will be like kids in a sweet shop this June, with the BNP, UKIP, the Tories and Libertas to choose from, but this launch is a farce. The fact that their "party leader" has been personally appointed by Ganley demonstrates that Libertas is nothing more than a personal vanity project - a pressure group masquering as a party."
Referring to claims by Libertas founder Declan Ganley that he would not be putting his own money to back the campaign Richard said:
"Declan Ganley spent more money in the Irish referendum than Ireland's three main political parties added together. That is what he is about - slick propaganda, myth-making and playing on people's fears. If he doesn't spend his own money, then he will be using someone else's."
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