Ganley: Treaty is ‘empty posturing’

Declan Ganley has described the fiscal treaty as an “exercise in empty posturing” and said he will be campaigning for a no vote on May 31.

The businessman and head of Libertas said, in the absence of a deal on bank debt, he could not advocate support for passing the treaty. While he no longer has a political party behind him, he said he would be engaging in a limited poster campaign.

Mr Ganley, who previously campaigned for a no vote on the Lisbon treaty, said European politics “proactively rejects the idea of loyal opposition and its bureaucracy is quick to label as ‘anti-European’ all that dare question it”.