National Conservatism Conference
[3][4][5][6] Speakers billed to appear included Tucker Carlson,[7] Josh Hawley,[8] JD Vance,[9] Giorgia Meloni,[10] Marco Rubio,[11] Peter Thiel,[12] Kevin Roberts,[13] the British MP Daniel Kawczynski, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán.[2] Speakers included the British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, Conservative government ministers Michael Gove and Jacob Rees-Mogg and the historian David Starkey.[21][22][23] The 2024 conference, held at the Claridge event space in Brussels, made headlines for being shut down by the Belgian police on April 16 following an order by district Mayor Emir Kir.[24] Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo condemned the shutting down of the event, calling police's actions "unacceptable" and in violation of free speech protections in the Belgian Constitution.[27][28] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the second day of the conference called for a change of leadership in Brussels as he criticised the European Union’s policies on migration and Ukraine.