Right-wing lawmakers pushed for a tribute to the U.S. conservative influencer who was shot dead.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Thursday rejected a bid by right-wing factions to hold a minute of silence for slain U.S. conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
The initiative was first proposed by Charlie Weimers, an MEP from the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), as a symbolic measure “to declare that our right to freedom of speech cannot be extinguished,” according to an email chain with dozens of MEPs that was seen by POLITICO.
Was charlie from the EU? Do all european countries have freedom of speech. I often heard europeans (back before trump) pointing to it as one of the things they would like to bring over from the us to their country.
There are still repercussions to all speech, even in the us
Yeah I was more wondering if free speech in the EU is something they tend to have moments around. As I said I was under the impression the us had the the sorta highest level of freedom around it because of it being part of the bill of rights. Its a us thing to begin with so of course its a big deal in the us.
They have some that can be argued to be better than free speech, but has some major risks if you have a totalitarian government, speech is a responsibility, and you need to be careful, heck even in the USA you don’t have absolute free speech.