Last night the Bureau of the European Parliament accepted what they saw as the inevitable and agreed that Libertas was a European Political Party. This meant that they were able to go and pick up 200,000 Euro.

And then the wheels came off. In order to set up the party what is required is 7 elected members at Euro, national or regional levels. One of these signataries was Igor Gräzin, an Estonian Liberal. Now he had voted against the Lisbon Treaty, but was a member of the Liberal allied Estonian Reform Party. When ALDE, the Liberal group in the EP, discovered that one of their own had joined a different European political party they went, dare I say ballistic.

The net result is that Gräzin has denied any involvement,

Gräzin said that “none of Libertas's agenda” matched his position in the Estonian parliament or the Estonian Reform Party.

Thus some very red faces in the Libertas HQ in Brussels, plus desperate scurrying around here in Strasbourg to see if they can block the check.
 
The other signatories are:
Philippe de Villiers: French MEP and leader of the Eurosceptic party, Movement for France (MPF).
Paul-Marie Coûteaux: Also a MPF MEP.
Georgios Georgiou: A Greek MEP and member of the Popular Orthodox Rally.
David Alton: A non-affiliated member of the UK House of Lords, known for his Catholic and anti-abortion views.
Timo Juhani Soini: a member of the Finnish parliament and leader of the anti-EU party, True Finns.
Hristov Kouminev: A member of the Bulgarian Parliament and nationalist party Ataka.
Cyprian Gutkowski: A member of a Polish regional assembly and the League of Polish Families party.