Which was extraordinary (and the genuinely warm standing ovation that preceded it), but then so was the fact that over a 1,000 people from across Europe had made the effort and the sacrifice to be there. There were many other extraordiary moments too, not least the way in which Declan dealt with a small crowd of unruly hecklers, who would be wise to revist the unscripted and eloquent lesson they were given in the small matters of free speech and democracy.
But this is not the real story of Rome, but rather the amount Libertas has achieved in such a small amount of time.
Lest anyone forget, it was only on the 11th of December that Declan announced that Libertas would be running candidates across the European Union. And by the time of the first party congress -not four months later - that is exactly what had been achieved. Imagine too what it took to organise a congress like that at the same time.
Breathtaking.
Perhaps the Libertas mantra should be delivery not ideology.
Remember Libertas stopped the Lisbon Treaty and has now created the first truly pan-European political party. With people flocking in ever increasing numbers to the website, there is no limit to what can be achieved. Really.
It was a pity to miss the Conference in Rome as a UK citizen living in Italy (albeit temporarily) the EU is central to our existence. It would have good to attend an event like this.
ReplyDeleteBut I want to know more about what else Libitas stands for... it is important to me.