Brussels bowing to law-breakers at the expense of law-abiders was an assault on free speech reminiscent of communist eras.
John Wesley Reid is a senior fellow with the Budapest Fellowship Program at the Hungary-based Mathias Corvinus Collegium School of Law.Â
ANALYSIS
Free speech was indeed brusseling some feathers this week and liberal leaders are divided in their responses. But despite public outcry over NatCon’s allegedly hateful messaging in Brussels, justice had the final say – and justice was righteous.
What Happened?Â
The right-wing summit NatCon (National Conservatism) found its home on the international stage in the not-so-right-wing region of Brussels, Belgium, home to the also not-so-right-wing European Union. So, it’s no surprise that this summit’s ideological exoticism was met with public opposition from both citizen and bureaucrat. Â
NatCon brings in a host of Christians and conservative influencers such as Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Rod Dreher, Nigel Farage, and others.
Shortly after the summit began, police barricaded the entrance to the Claridge, NatCon’s host venue, at the order of Emir Kir, mayor of the Saint-Josse district of Brussels. Without much explanation, speakers and guests were prohibited from entering the building.
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NatCon, armed
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