The book that Brussels doesn’t want you to read

Breaking news: Book launch of Frank Furedi’s latest book cancelled by Brussels bookstore. Free speech is under threat in the heart of the EU. , a bookstore on Rue Franklin in the Schumann area, has abruptly cancelled the planned launch of Furedi’s book “The War Against the Past“. Despite having agreed to host the event on Monday 30 September, the venue withdrew its offer, citing concerns about the “political connotation“ of the launch and the bookstore’s commitment to being an “inclusive space”. “It is ironic that just a stone’s throw away from the European Commission, a bookstore frequented by EU insiders has declared that some books are simply too dangerous to be given space. It is deeply ironic that the bookstore cited a commitment to “inclusivity” – whilst taking the decision to exclude certain viewpoints from consideration. This incident reveals the deeply censorious nature of the EU bubble and the hypocrisy that exists and thrives in