Should? Not talking about should here. Instead of pushing off against extreme right, the EU is inviting it in even more.

On February 2 and 3 the EU parliament hosted the VII Transatlantic Summit, a conference organized by the Political Network for Values together with the far-right Patriots for Europe and ECR groups. Under the guise of ‘free speech,’ speakers openly defended Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law (which prescribes the death penalty), mocked transgender people, and railed against conversion therapy bans — all from inside the European Parliament itself. The event featured US groups like the Heritage Foundation and Alliance Defending Freedom alongside far-right MEPs. Critically, an EPP member — Slovenian MEP Branko Grims — also participated, meaning the centre-right party that claims to uphold the cordon sanitaire was lending its legitimacy to the proceedings. The European Parliament later distanced itself, but the damage was done: homophobia got a free platform in the heart of European democracy.

A summary of a Dutch article. Seems our European newspapers feel ill-at-ease reporting on this. The closest English one would be this: globalextremism.org/…/weaponizing-free-speech-aga…