Organisers of a right-wing protest have gone to court after the Mayor of Brussels banned a demonstration outside the European Parliament.
The legal challenge was successful, so the organisers of the Save Europe Act campaign were able to hold their demonstration on Place du Luxembourg on Wednesday afternoon, July 15th.
— Save Europe Act (@SaveEuropeAct) July 15, 2026SEND THEM BACK!
Thank you again for coming to our protest today! The Save Europe Act will continue to grow as a movement and will bring remigration to the EU in Brussels. pic.twitter.com/csgamESSfS
The ‘Save Europe Act’ campaign delivered more than half a million signatures backing a proposed European Citizens’ Initiative to the European Parliament. The initiative calls for a halt to non-European immigration, a Europe-wide remigration system, and an end to welfare incentives for migration.
Campaign organisers described the attempt to ban the demonstration as an attack on their democratic right to protest and immediately instructed lawyers to challenge the ban.
The campaign has so far collected more than 535,000 signatures. Under the rules governing European Citizens’ Initiatives, one million validated signatures from at least seven EU member states would require the European Commission to formally consider the proposal. The Commission has already said, however, that the initiative is “manifestly contrary” to the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and its “values.”
In a video posted on X, campaign co-initiator Eva Vlaardingerbroek described the decision to ban the protest as “mind-blowing,” arguing that campaigners were attempting to exercise their democratic right to protest. She said lawyers had been instructed to challenge the ban immediately.
Supporters of the campaign accused Brussels authorities of applying double standards, arguing that demonstrations by left-wing organisations and groups supporting causes such as Palestine, Kurdistan, and refugee rights are routinely permitted in the same location.
Everyone is allowed to protest on the Place du Luxembourg in front of the European Parliament: whether they are Antifa, Pro-Palestine, Pro-Curdistan and Pro-refugee.
— Save Europe Act (@SaveEuropeAct) July 14, 2026
But the EU does not seem to like Pro-European
They want to shut down ONLY our demonstration.
The current EU is… pic.twitter.com/qMEBHV4s9j
Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) MEP Petra Steger condemned the decision, describing it as political arbitrariness and an attack on freedom of assembly. Spain’s VOX party also criticised the ban:
In Brussels, Eritreans, Afghans, and Yemenis are demonstrating. But to the Europeans who demand a halt to wild immigration, the mayor prohibits the square.
The EU capital is no stranger to similar decisions.
Brussels authorities unlawfully banned the 2024 National Conservatism Conference, with a court later ruling that authorities had violated fundamental rights to free expression and peaceful assembly.
Other recent incidents include the cancellation of a political event featuring French right-wing politician Florian Philippot and the arrest of Canadian activist ‘Billboard Chris’ during a peaceful demonstration.