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Political storm erupts after police told to shut down hard-right NatCon event in Brussels

Police stand guard outside the front entrance of the event venue as the National Conservatism conference takes place in Brussels, April 16, 2024. © Sylvain Plazy, AP

Brussels authorities set off a political firestorm Tuesday by ordering the shutdown of a controversial gathering of hard-right European politicians, in a move denounced by the Belgian prime minister as "unacceptable".

Keynote speakers at the "national conservatism" conference included the eurosceptic populist Nigel Farage and Britain's former interior minister Suella Braverman, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban scheduled to address the two-day gathering on Wednesday.

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