A left-wing mayor has used the police like a “private militia” to shut down a conservative conference in Brussels, the leader of the French Reconquete party, Eric Zemmour, said on April 16.
Municipality mayor Emir Kir ordered the shutting of the National Conservatism conference over alleged “public safety” concerns, though added in his announcement that he was killing the event that the “far-right” would never be welcome in his area.
En ce moment même, le bourgmestre socialiste Émir Kir, proche des islamistes turcs, utilise la police comme une milice privée pour interdire la conférence bruxelloise dont je suis l’invité avec Viktor Orban et Nigel Farage. pic.twitter.com/MnPGUTb3hY
— Eric Zemmour (@ZemmourEric) April 16, 2024
This order was enforced by local police, who set up a barricade in front of the event venue, preventing any attendees, journalists or speakers from accessing the event if they arrived late.
Zemmour was one of the many big-name politicians refused access to the event, with the party leader instead opting to speak to the media outside the venue.
“I came to speak,” he told those gathered.
He went on to reference Kir’s alleged ties to radical groups in Turkey, something that resulted in him being excluded from Belgium’s French-speaking Socialist party.
“I see that the mayor who apparently has links with Erdogan’s Islamists use the Police as a private militia to prevent French [people] and Europeans from speaking out freely,” Zemmour said.
“Today, we see that Belgium is country between sharia and dictatorship. What a shameful destiny for such a beautiful country.
“I am here to defend Europe’s Freedom and Identity. I think that police officers here are not very happy with what they are being made to do. And it would be better for them to go and fight the traffickers and the Islamists but apparently that’s not what we use them for.”
NEW: Belgian police enter the conference venue before turning around and leaving.
According to a Brussels Signal source, the authorities entered to officially serve the notice but are not enforcing it as of yet. #NatConBrussels2 @NatConTalk pic.twitter.com/z5sZfZMdo3
— Brussels Signal (@brusselssignal) April 16, 2024
