Libertas head receives Czech prize for Ireland's Lisbon rejection

The report is linked here, a quote: Prague - Declan Ganley, head of Irish opponents of the EU reform Lisbon treaty, today accepted the anti red-tape Michal Tosovsky Prize from the Czech eStat.cz civic group that it awarded to the Irish for their rejection of the treaty in a referendum.

Ganley said the Lisbon treaty threatened the European Union because it shows contempt for democratic principles.

He said many people from Brussels and from the Irish government attacked the treaty opponents and sought to limit the Irish citizens' democratic decision.

However, the European project must have the legitimacy based on the will on European citizens, Ganley said at a meeting in the Czech Senate.