Uproar as EU Parliament declines to hold minute of silence for Charlie Kirk – POLITICO
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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.

  • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Do we act now, or wait until the fascism gets more powerful: When is the turning point in history; when will citizens will choose to observe their own responsibilities?

    You literally watched part of that happen yesterday, my dude.

    Don’t get caught up in romanticizing historical events. History books list big historical events all in one go and jump from one to another through the pages, enough to a point where one could think that something was happening every day. But we all know that wasn’t the case. Nobody writes about the weeks or months between those events where nothing happened.