Ban Failed – Save Europe Act Marched to the European Parliament

Just hours before the planned demonstration, it looked as though it would be stopped. But after a dramatic court victory, Save Europe Act was still able to gather outside the European Parliament—and deliver hundreds of thousands of signatures directly to Brussels.

The Save Europe Act demonstration was able to take place on Wednesday after Belgium’s Supreme Administrative Court overturned Mayor Romain De Reusme’s ban on the gathering. The court ruled that the decision violated the right to peaceful assembly, which allowed the demonstration to proceed as planned.

About 125–200 people gathered at Place du Luxembourg outside the European Parliament under police surveillance. No major disturbances or arrests were reported.

A Discussion on Remigration and the Future of Europe

Among the speakers was the campaign's founder Eva Vlaardingerbroek and Martin Sellner as well as the Polish Member of the European Parliament Dominik Tarczyński. Also Dries Van Langenhove, Lucy White, Andrea Ballarati and several other prominent figures took part.

In his first statement following the court's decision, Martin Sellner summed up the day with the words:

– We won.

Vlaardingerbroek said that the campaign has grown rapidly because more and more Europeans feel that current migration policy must change. She urged participants to continue collecting signatures and described the Save Europe Act as an effort to use the EU’s own democratic tools to advance the issue of remigration.

In his speech, Tarczyński highlighted Poland as an example of a country with a more restrictive immigration policy and urged other European countries to follow suit. At the same time, Dries Van Langenhove spoke in front of the printed list of signatures and emphasized that the campaign had already mobilized hundreds of thousands of Europeans in support of the initiative.

During the speeches, the campaign’s demands took center stage: stricter border controls, remigration, and an end to the current immigration policy. The audience repeatedly chanted slogans in support of remigration.

Submitted over half a million signatures

After the rally, the participants marched to the European Parliament, where representatives of the campaign symbolically presented the more than 530,000 signatures collected so far in support of the Save Europe Act.

On X, the campaign described the event as a victory for democratic freedoms and rights following the legal battle over the ban on demonstrations.

A symbolic victory

The demonstration thus became not only a rally in support of the Save Europe Act but also a high-profile legal victory. The attempt to stop the gathering failed after the court ruled that the ban could not be upheld.

The campaign is now continuing its efforts to reach the goal of one million signatures to compel the European Commission to formally consider the citizens’ initiative.