"Brussels is fast becoming a no-go zone for freedom of expression. Earlier this year, several local politicians forced numerous venues to
cancel the National Conservatism Brussels conference, which I helped to organise. When we eventually found a venue prepared to host the event, the local mayor sent in the police to try to cancel the conference. It was only the decisive action of my colleagues – including by locking the doors to the venue – that ensured that the conference could take place.
The aim of the cancellers in Brussels is to throw a quarantine around views that challenge the narrative of the EU elites. Outwardly, the EU presents itself as the protector of freedom, tolerance and democracy. In truth, the Eurocrats are zealous control freaks who are scared of opinions that challenge their outlook. Their authoritarian instincts are reinforced by a mood of insecurity. Since the elections to the European Parliament this year, they have become anxious about the rise of populist parties who are opposed to their political outlook. They know their authority is being openly questioned.
The pro-EU elites are not remotely embarrassed about openly flouting the democratic, liberal values they claim to stand for. The local mayor who shut down the NatCon conference
boasted that conservatives and populists are ‘not welcome’ in Brussels. Even the owner of PiolaLibri bookshop had no inhibitions about his pro-cancellation policy. He tried to explain that there was nothing unusual about the shutting down of my book launch. Events are cancelled all the time,
he told Politico, but it ‘just doesn’t usually cause so much stir’."
The capital of the EU has become a no-go zone for dissent.
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