The authorities in Belgium’s capital have decided to cancel the city’s traditional New Year’s festivities because of the threat of terrorist attacks. The move comes after the arrest of two Muslims suspected of planning an attack targeting the holiday.
RT In a Wednesday meeting, Brussels’s mayor Yvan Mayeur and Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon took a joint decision to cancel Thursday evening’s festivities.
“Together with the interior minister, we’ve decided to not have the celebrations on Thursday evening,” Mayeur told the state broadcaster RTBF Wednesday night. About 100,000 people attended the festivities and fireworks last year, according to authorities.
“The fireworks and all that was expected to bring together many people in the center of Brussels [Thursday] evening. Given the risk analysis, we are forced to cancel [the celebrations],“ Mayeur said in a live address on the local channel La Une.
Belgium has been on high alert since the Paris terror attacks on November 13. Brussels, especially its troubled Molenbeek neighborhood, has been at the center of an investigation into the Paris assaults, as several of the assailants appear to have come from Belgium, and one of the suspected attackers is believed to have returned there.
Meanwhile, French authorities said that they will be shortening a New Year light show at the Arc de Triomphe and cancelling fireworks on Thursday as well. The sale and use of fireworks in the Paris region will be banned for the night as well.
Apparently, this video was posted before the cancellation was announced:
I still want to find the best Belgian people, and culture of the Belgian. In the past, I knew that the government there banned hundreds of Christian holidays, claiming that they were hurting the secular state, and many other religious groups, including of course, the Muslims could be offended. The problem is not really in Islam, I would say, but the Belgian people, adopting a government that makes these kinds of things. For me, the Belgian people have allowed their former government, out of nowhere withdraw Calendar Christian holidays is proof that the blame for this situation is unique and theirs alone.
The leniency of the Belgians, I would say that the country will remain a hotbed of terrorists and crazed politically correct.
Belgium just admitted who is in control, who has final authority. Good job.
Belgium
Remember you wanted this fine group of misunderstood savages to plant in your back yard to show the world how compassionate you are.
NA JUST STUPID!!!!
Wait until the next wave of 10 million cross the borders into the EU. Hope you have enough Virgins to go around.
Thanks Alinsky and Clinton.
ICE
This is foolish! Cancelling events only accomplishes one thing – they win. It would be far better if they rounded up all the mozlems and parked their sorry asses in detention / Konsentrazion Lagern camps, instead.
But remember, everyone, we are not at war.
http://libertygb.org.uk/v1/index.php/news-libertygb/6716-we-are-at-war
Ahh! multicultural society’s are so much fun! Look at AALLLL the fun we’re having!!!!!!
Aren’t YOU having fun! (Better say you are or Abdul the friendly neighborhood jihadhi will behead you!)
and all western political leaders say something akin to:
” we will not ever submit to terrorism. we refuse to allow the terrorists to change our way of life. we should all live our lives as we normally do.”
fuck all of you politically correct assholes. do you really think that anyone believes your continued bullshit?
So in other words the terrorists win. If you change your life and your traditions because you’re afraid of what they might do, then they’ve won.
There’s no need to cancel anything, so long as the streets are crawling with armed police and/or soldiers.
All the police and armed guards and security won’t mean a thing if there’s a suicide bomber who doesn’t care if he, or she dies, along with the people in the crowds.How do people do what they normally do, when there’s that threat??
Yes some will still die. But not nearly as many if the streets are filled with heavily armed cops/soldiers since the scum will be cut down before they have a chance to slaughter hundreds. If there had been armed police on the streets of Paris that night there would have been far fewer killed.
If you change your way of life because of fear, then they’ve won. You’ve already been defeated. And it won’t deter future terror attacks either, they will simply strike another venue, on another date. In fact they’re far more likely to strike on other less obvious dates than 31st December. So what difference does it make whether its 31st December or 17th January?
Since the Paris attacks were a huge success, from their point of view, it won’t be long before they launch multiple coordinated attacks simultaneously, in perhaps 10 different cities, with the death toll in the many thousands. So what are we going to do then – ban all public gatherings and celebrations in all cities?
And after this they will say that the right is “answering with fear” while THEM they are exactly doing so… loll pathetic leftists “Do what I say, not what I do”.
Law abiding citizens of EU countries need to demand their god given rights to self defense and arm up. Instead all their events are cancelled because let’s face it, the police typically show up to pock up the bodies. They already found caches of Al kinds of weaponry in the mosques. Arm up citizens, demand your right to protect yourselves & your families.
And, when weapons and material for bombs are found in a mosque, raze the goddamned place and deport the entire congregation.
Yet another victory for islamoimperialism. Belgium has all but thrown in the towel of defeat. No annual national celebrations, no traditional entertainment and fun for families. Just what allah ordered.
No Problems for the New Year celebration certain the locals in Belgium and France will have the usual car burning and maybe set a new Guiness Record for the number of cars torched by the lovely imports and downtrodden refugees.Wonder just what is required to get people to wake up to what is happening in the western countries another invasion of Poland ala 1939 wont be enough.
SK, I expect car torchings will at record highs in Paris this New Years, but there is a media blackout on them so will have to rely on cell phone footage.
Forgot about the car torchings.
Fdesouche will have a good summary. I’ll send you the info.
Thanks, Susan.
Another loss of freedom. We all only get a limited number of New Years Eve’s. There goes one.
No New Year’s celebrations. Guess ISIS wins this one. But what about the next threat, can’t fold on everything – or will you? Might as well just stretch out your neck; allow for a clean cut…
American, yes, all they have to do is make threats and the world retreats in terror. Only once in a while do they have to actually stage a real one.
thst’s sad but better safe than sorry