Despite operating under the slogan, “Facts, not Politics”, eurosceptic organisation Libertas have been accused by EU Commissioner Margot Wallstorm in her blog today for carrying out “a case study in distortion through selective quotation”. Essentially, Libertas quoted a speech she gave where she said “Whatever we win in efficiency we might lose in democratic legitimacy because we need someone who can speak their own language and be acceptable to their people and stand up for them”. However, when it came to doing up a press release on this subject, the might was droped and as such what Wallstorm said became fairly different.

However, as is frequently the case the answer may not be so much devious as just simple error which is the line on politics.ie where the press releases author states that it was a typo. As such, the current press release on the site has been amended. The original is on the politics.ie thread.