Germany has 'enormous potential'? So does the UK!

There were two Libertas articles in quick succession on Wednesday from Euractiv. The first is an interesting interview with Declan Ganley. The second is a more in-depth look at Declan's declaration that Germany has 'enormous potential' for Libertas.

As the site put it:

Ganley's gift for spotting a gap in the market is well-known in business circles, and he believes he has spotted a similar gap in Germany's political landscape. "Here is a place which doesn't have one single party that raises serious questions about the anti-democratic disposition of the current EU institutions," he claimed.

While this is true in Germany, it is also true in the UK. There isn't a single party offering a reformist agenda for the EU here. As I have stated in previous articles, their debate is simply about 'more or less' integration into an EU superstate. There is almost no debate about what kind of EU we want.

A recent poll on the British view of the EU showed that 45% of people think that none of the main parties represent their view on the EU; an astonishing number. And that's before Libertas has even started campaigning and the other 55% realise that there could be an alternative! 

Just 22% of people in Britain are happy with our relationship to the EU at the moment, and one would be hard pressed to find one of those who thinks that the EU works as well as it should.

Libertas is not only going to be taking votes in large numbers from the established parties, it is going to be providing an outlet for those 45% who don't like the EU policies of any of the main parties. The potential for Libertas in the UK is beyond 'enormous'.