This week’s National Conservatism conference in Brussels will go ahead after all. There were fears over the weekend that the whole event would be cancelled after the previous venue pulled out due to alleged threats from a self-described antifascist group. Today, however, organisers announced that the event will be taking place at luxury hotel Sofitel Brussels.
The conference features leading lights of the populist Right, from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to former UK home secretary Suella Braverman and ex-Ukip leader Nigel Farage. The Brussels antifascist group has already reacted, saying that it is “mobilised”, with a representative telling the Brussels Times, “We are preparing ourselves.” Farage is no doubt quaking in his boots…
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