European candidates launch manifesto alongside

10.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Mon 11th May 2009

European Parliamentary elections candidates Graham Watson, Kay Barnard and Justine McGuinness will officially launch their manifesto in Bristol alongside Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg this morning (11 May).

At the launch event, the top three candidates on the party list for the South West will come together to announce their European priorities, and kickstart campaigning ahead of the 4 June elections.

Speaking ahead of the launch, Graham Watson - who is first on the party list - said:

"We're keen to reveal some of our key priorities for Europe, in particular our commitment to green issues, which we feel can only be addressed by working alongside our European neighbours. The European Union has been the source of much of Britain's environment legislation and the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament have had a big input into the greening of Europe."

*For further information on this event, please contact Rachael Dry on 01458 259176 or 07748 419467

Editors notes:

*The party's full list of candidates for the South West of England & Gibraltar constituency has been announced as:

1. Graham Watson, Leader of the ALDE group on the European Parliament

2. Kay Barnard, Director of a Somerset farm

3. Justine McGuinness, Dorset-based PR specialist & former Parliamentary candidate for West Dorset

4. Humphrey Temperley, County Councillor for Bideford South & Hartland

5. Paul Massey, Cheltenham Borough Councillor

6. Jonathan Stagnetto, Gibraltar-based Managing Director & long-serving member of the Gibraltar Liberal Party

*In 2004 Graham Watson was declared by Greenpeace to be greenest MEP, following his voting record in the European Parliament