BRUSSELS MAYOR ORDERED THE SHUTDOWN OF FAR RIGHT CONFERENCE FEATURING BOTH HON. FARAGE AND VIKTOR ORBAN.

 A Brussels mayor on Tuesday ordered the shutdown of a gathering on “national conservatism” that was underway in the Belgian capital, giving Europe’s hard-right elites a further opportunity to rail against cancel culture and Brussels overreach.

The event was supposed to be a two-day conference featuring the likes of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, former British politician Nigel Farage and other far-right, Euroskeptic officials and thinkers.

But several hours in just as Honourable Farage took the stage for his keynote, Belgian police arrived outside.

Emir Kir, the mayor of the district where the event was being held, said he had issued a shutdown order “to guarantee public safety.” He added: “The far-right is not welcome” in the city. “I knew I wouldn't be welcome back to Brussels,” Mr. Farage, the former Brexit Party leader, said to laughter from the audience.