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- 1 2 "Ieren azen op Nederlandse kiezer", 19 March 2009, De Telegraaf
- 1 2 Het register van aanduidingen ten behoeve van de verkiezing van de leden van het Europees Parlement Archived 2009-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Declan Ganley signs papers for Libertas Nederland", posted on Libertas.eu's YouTube channel, 6 February 2009
- ↑ "Europa Transparant toont de grote democratische tekortkomingen in Nederland aan Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine ", Wednesday 18 March 2009, Nederland Transparant website