The National Conservative conference, scheduled to take place in Brussels next week and featuring right-wing political figures like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, and French politician Eric Zemmour, is in doubt after the host venue, Concert Noble, announced it would no longer host the event.
Concert Noble is an upmarket events space located in the European Quarter.
A Hungarian government-backed think tank, MCC Brussels, is searching for an alternative venue after the European Parliament cancelled an event they were organizing due to concerns over free speech and political expression.
Frank Furedi, the executive director of MCC Brussels, criticized the decision, calling it a crisis for free speech in Europe and a tragedy that "cancel culture" has been welcomed in Brussels.
He urged all people to fight for their rights to free thought and expression.
A speaker at the ninth annual conference of the National Conservatism (NatCon) think-tank, organized in Brussels, expressed defiance against attempts to cancel the event by anti-fascist groups.
The Brussels Times reported on the protests planned against the conference.
NatCon has gained prominence on the international think-tank scene and focuses on transatlantic relations.
The conference in Brussels was set to be followed by another one in Washington this summer.