List of Libertas list candidates in the 2009 European Parliament election

This is a complete list of the candidates (excluding substitutes) that ran for the 2009 European Parliament election under a Libertas list.

Preamble Libertas is a political party founded by Declan Ganley that took part in the 2009 European Parliament election in several member states of the European Union. For the purposes of contending those elections, Libertas candidates ran under lists (the lists of candidates presented to voters in a European election) branded with the Libertas identity, as exemplified by the French approach."Européennes : Frédéric Nihous et Philippe de Villiers feront campagne commune", La Tribune, March 4, 2009, English translation here "Villiers et Nihous pour un «protectionnisme européen»", Le Figaro, 9 March 2009 Each list was made up of some combination of the following: members of member parties (member parties usually had names in the Libertas X format e.g. "Libertas Sweden")"Hjälp Libertas bli ett registrerat parti" February 26, 2009 from the Libertas website members of affiliate parties (parties that were not members of Libertas.eu but cooperate with it electorally) individual members (people who chose to join Libertas.eu as individuals. Candidates that ran under Libertas lists but who had no national party membership were automatically individual members).

Summary A summary of Libertas's candidates is as follows:"Libertas.eu :: Candidates"

Member stateNumber of candidatesCzech Republic29Estonia6France147Germany11Home: Europawahlen: 2009: Wahlbewerber: Parteibewerber nach Listenplatz: Wahlbewerber AUF , from Der Bundeswahlleiter/Federal Election Directorate of the Federal Republic of GermanyLibertas's website gives a total of 22 people in Germany, made up of 11 actual candidates (bewerber) and their 11 substitute candidates (ersatzbewerber). Substitute candidates, (a.k.a. "alternates" or "replacements") are those people who replace the elected candidate if s/he dies or is otherwise disqualified from sitting in the European ParliamentGreece22Ireland3Latvia8Malta1Netherlands24Poland128Kazimierz Wilk and Barbara Czyż resigned from Libertas, reducing the originally-reported total of 130 by twoPortugal22Slovakia13Spain50UK56Benjamin Caradoc Tallis resigned from Libertas, reducing the originally-reported total of 57 by one

Candidates A complete list of the candidates (excluding substitutes) that ran for the 2009 European Parliament election under Libertas lists is as follows: