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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.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are still repercussions to all speech, even in the us

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

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.