Originally Posted by ibis

Ah, the warm and fluffy blanket of belief. We did see the documents Libertas posted, and they were Libertas membership forms - perhaps the gentlemen that signed them were unaware that signing a Libertas membership form actually meant sponsoring Libertas' application to be recognised as an EP party? Or perhaps they were simply concerned they might be cast aside as soon as they were caught drink-driving - the relations between Libertas and its sponsors do seem a little like a 'marriage of convenience' rather than principle.

As a matter of interest, why Eurocrats? If one is going to believe they were 'got at', could they not have been 'got at' by members of their own parties who were less than delighted to find them supporting a possible competitor?

Last but not least, why oh why were the signatures not notarised? It is normal practice in most of Europe, and it prevents these sort of upsetting upsets later on - which is why it is normal practice.