Also see: Ireland Flips Globalists the Finger
"Treaty foe's ties to US prompt EU scrutiny" by Stephen Castle, International Herald Tribune | September 26, 2008
LONDON - Claims that American money may have financed Irish opponents of a European Union treaty prompted a call yesterday from the European Parliament for more scrutiny of the group that campaigned for a no vote in Ireland's referendum this year.
Senior members of the Parliament issued the statement after a deputy suggested that the leading Irish campaigner against the treaty, Declan Ganley, might have ties to the CIA. No evidence of a link has emerged and most of the speculation centers on Irish media reports that Ganley's American company, Rivada Networks, has contracts worth 200 million euros, or more than $290 million, to provide telecommunications equipment to the Pentagon and the National Guard.
Ganley, and his group Libertas, led a successful campaign against the Lisbon Treaty, which was rejected in an Irish referendum in June. The treaty aims to give the European Union a bigger voice on the global stage, and requires all 27 member nations to ratify it.
Supporters of the treaty say that those, like Ganley, who criticize the opaque workings of the EU and demand more transparency should adopt such practices themselves.
Ganley's allies argue that he is the victim of a witch hunt because he opposed the European establishment. Ganley yesterday described the allegation of links with the CIA as "outrageous" and "absolute rubbish."
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