Nigel Farage says police would have to 'drag him off stage' after attempt to shut down conference
- Brussels police ordered the shutdown of a conference with right-wing politicians such as Nigel Farage and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Guests are barred from entering.
- Conference attendee Nigel Farage resisted police, stating they would have to remove him from the stage. The mayor of Brussels banned the event for public safety reasons.
- Police arrived during the conference to enforce the shutdown, prompting Nigel Farage to express regret that they did not physically remove him from the stage.
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Brussels police shut down right-wing event to be attended by Hungary’s Orban, UK’s Braverman
The police and authorities in Brussels sparked a political firestorm, on Tuesday (Apr 16) after the officials in the Belgian capital city ordered the shutdown of a controversial gathering of hard-right European politicians which was also to be attended by Hungarian leader Viktor Orban and former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
Police Block Conservative Conference Attended by Nigel Farage, Viktor Orban in Brussels
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…
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