Declan Ganley
Declan James Ganley ( born July 23, 1968 in London ) is a British -born businessman and political activist. Since 2006 at the latest Ganley is an Irish citizen; he lives in Abbeyknockmoy, County Galway in the Republic of Ireland. Ganley was the founder and chairman of the European party Libertas. With the predecessor organization of the same name, he played a major role in the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by Irish voters in the referendum of 2008.
Professional and political career
Ganley is the CEO of Rivada Networks, a U.S. company that provides secure communications for the National Guard of the United States. The communication systems are in disaster response - including the time Hurricane Katrina - used where they ensure communication among the various security forces such as the police, the fire department and the National Guard during the collapse of conventional networks. Declan Ganley has been awarded as part of the Hurricane Katrina with the Distinguished Service Medal of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Previously, he was on sale Russian aluminum, active in the development of broadband infrastructure in various cities in Europe and in the timber industry in Latvia, where in 1991 he was foreign policy advisor after independence. CNBC European Business magazine estimates Ganley's assets to $ 300 million.
As a political activist had Ganley significant through its platform Libertas share of the " No" of the Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon in 2008. Already in 2003 he wrote a critical essay on the then proposed EU constitution for the U.S. Foreign Policy Research Institute ( FPRI ) in Philadelphia. In advance of a possible repeat of the vote on the Treaty of Lisbon, Ganley described the treaty in November 2008 as a "dead document" (dead document) and insisted, "the treaty needed to be thrown away" ( the contract must be discarded ).
His dealings with the National Guard of the United States were used by political opponents to accuse him of financial dependence on the U.S.. Trading in secure communications technology and the resulting business relationship with the U.S. military has concluded that Ganley a 'dealer' is. However, there was no evidence that his communication technology have also been used in war zones such as Iraq or he to - was involved in military projects - about civil protection beyond.
On September 22, 2008 Daniel Cohn- Bendit asked in the European Parliament the question of whether U.S. intelligence Ganley would have supported the campaign for Irish no. Other media reported on a financial support Ganley by the CIA against the Treaty of Lisbon. For an interview with the German wave, two days after the Irish Lisbon referendum, remote Ganley a U.S. flag from his office. To have worked The report, which also ran in the ARD Europe magazine, also includes a denial Ganley for American clients. The passage with the U.S. flag was by many European broadcasters as an indication of Ganley America near used (including the Irish station RTE and German ZDF). In a daily news reportage ARD Ganley was brought to Europe by American scientists critical of the Heritage Foundation in conjunction, seen as directed against the interests of the United States present a unified Europe. But was opposed by his own statements Ganley, after which he would make the Union an elected president and a common foreign policy " leading force on the world stage ."
Libertas took in several EU member countries participated in the 2009 European election, but was able to win a mandate only in France. Ganley even occurred in Ireland and scored in his constituency north-west around 13 % of the vote, but did not draw a the European Parliament. After the election, he announced his retirement from politics. Before the second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, he supported once again the No campaign. However, the referendum ended with an agreement for ratification. Since then, Ganley was no longer politically active; the party Libertas ceased its activities.