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Tue 02 Feb 2009Think tank threatens to sue Libertas over name
A GERMAN pro-European think tank, the Libertas European Institute, is threatening to sue Declan Ganley’s Libertas for usurping its name to campaign against the Lisbon Treaty. It has also complained to European Parliament president Hans-Gert Pöttering yesterday about a decision to grant Libertas official recognition and EU funds worth €202,823.
“I’m not happy that this ‘Libertas’ is acting in a diametrically opposed manner to our institute, which strongly supports the EU. We have already received many requests about them from our contacts,” said Hans-Jürgen Zahorka, director of the institute, who added that as a lawyer he was studying legal options open to him.
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