European leaders expressed outrage on Tuesday and Wednesday after the U.S. State Department designated five European nationals—including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton—as anti-free speech activists to be blocked from entering the United States.
On Dec. 23, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the State Department had taken action against five individuals he described as “agents of the global censorship-industrial complex.”
The U.S. government action will prevent Breton and four other European nationals from being able to enter the United States.
“We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former Commissioner Thierry Breton,” the European Commission said in a Tuesday statement following Rubio’s announcement….