‘In allowing the National Conservatism Conference to continue, the Administrative Court has come down on the side of basic human rights.’

The top administrative court in Belgium issued an emergency late-night ruling in favor of a conservative conference, overturning a ban by a mayor who cited “public safety” concerns, but explicitly said the “far-right is not welcome,” with the court allowing the conference to resume on April 17 after it was blocked a day earlier by police.

The National Conservative (NatCon) conference, which featured prominent conservatives as guest speakers like British politician Nigel Farage and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, was free to resume Wednesday after the Conseil d’État, the highest court in Belgium relating to issues of public administration, overturned the mayoral ban.

“NatCon Brussels 2 will be free to meet today for its second day of programming without further interference from state authorities,” the organizers said in a post X, announcing the breakthrough.