Libertas Estonia ( et, Libertas Eesti Erakond, LEE) was a political party in

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

. It intended to contend the

2009 European Parliament election The 2009 European Parliament election was held in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making th ...

s under a common banner with

Libertas.eu Libertas was a pan-European political party founded by Declan Ganley that took part in the 2009 European Parliament election in several member states of the European Union. It won one seat in France. History Creation In 2008, the Libertas In ...

Estonian Blue Party (1994–2001)

The Estonian Blue Party (''Eesti Sinine Erakond'', ESE) was founded on 29 November 1994 in Tallinn, Estonia.Libertas Eesti Erakond (LEE)
", fro
Eesti Erakondade Ajalugu
, English translatio

/ref> It was registered at the Harju registry on 28 October 1998, registration number 80053499.Political party: LIBERTAS EESTI Erakond
, from the Estonia
Centre of Registers and Information Systems/Registrite ja Infosüsteemide Keskus
/ref> It attempted to join the Development Party (Arengupartei) in October 2000 but the attempt failed.

Democrats – Estonian Democratic Party (2001–2009)

On 1 February 2001 ESE became Democrats – Estonian Democratic Party (''Demokraadid – Eesti Demokraatlik Partei'', EDP). On 21 July 2005 it announced it would cooperate with the

Pro Patria Union The Pro Patria Union ( et, Isamaaliit, meaning literally Fatherland Union) was a national-conservative political party in Estonia. The party was founded on 2 December 1995 from a merger of the Estonian National Independence Party and the Pro Patr ...

in local elections. At the beginning of 2006 there were plans to merge EDP with '' Eesti Iseseisvuspartei'' (EIP) and '' Põllumeeste Kogu'' (''Farmers' Council'', PK), but this did not happen. On 18 March 2006 the party congress voted to join the

, but this did not happen. On 11 February 2008 the Harju county court registry warned that the numbers of EDP members had fallen to 920,Libertas Eesti Erakond osaleb europarlamendi valimistel
fro
postimees.ee
English translatio
here
/ref> 80 less than the required 1000 threshold, and the registry gave EDP until 15 April 2008 to recover. At the beginning of 2008 there were new plans to merge EDP with EIP and PK, but again this did not happen.

Libertas Estonia (2009–2010)

On 2 February 2009 it restructured itself as Libertas Eesti Erakond (''Libertas Estonia'', LEE) and became registered on 2 March 2009, enabling it to be officially known under that name. On 2 April 2009, party chairman Jaan Laas announced that, after candidate approval by the party's Executive Board, elections would be held on 23 April 2009 for candidates wishing to stand for Libertas Estonia in the 2009 Estonian Euroelections in June. Libertas Estonia was acknowledged by

as one of the (then) 11 member parties of Libertas.eu by a post on the latter's website.Libertas Eesti Erakond kinnitas Europarlamendi valimisnimekirja
", undated page
http://www.libertas.eu
/ref>

Election performance

External links

Libertas Estonia on Twitter

References

{{Libertas topics Political parties established in 1994

Defunct political parties in Estonia 1994 establishments in Estonia 2010 disestablishments in Estonia