Police Block Conservative Conference Attended by Nigel Farage, Viktor Orban in Brussels

Published on April 16, 2024

Brussels police on April 16 blocked a conservative conference that featured senior figures from the political right in Europe after the mayor ordered it shut down, stating that the “far-right is not welcome” there. Emir Kir, the mayor of the Saint-Josse-ten-Noode district in Brussels, where the National Conservatism Conference was being held on April 16 at the Claridge hotel, said in a statement posted on X that he had issued an order to ban the event “to guarantee public safety.” “In Etterbeek, Brussels City and Saint-Josse, the far-right is not welcome,” he added. The conference brought together conservative politicians, journalists, and academics who say they want to preserve national sovereignty, advocate for conservative values, including border security, and disagree with what they see as attempts by the European Union to take powers away from individual states....

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