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Patsy Vatlet
Patsy Vatlet is a Belgian politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ... but did not take her seat. She was replaced by Tom Vandendriessche. References 21st-century Belgian women politicians 21st-century Belgian politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Belgium-MEP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flemish Interest
Vlaams Belang (; ; VB) is a Flemish nationalist, Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the Flemish Region and Brussels Capital Region of Belgium. It is widely considered by the media and political analysts to be on the political far-right, although it self-describes as right-nationalist and has tried to distance itself from the far-right label in recent years. Vlaams Belang is a rebrand of ''Vlaams Blok'', which was dissolved after it was condemned for espousing racism during a trial which was held in 2004. After it reorganized itself as Vlaams Belang, it continued to espouse the core philosophy of its predecessor by campaigning on a separatist and Flemish nationalist platform. It also supports the maintenance of Flemish cultural identity, it opposes multiculturalism, and it advocates the imposition of tougher law & order policies. However, the VB toned its rhetoric down and it also implemented some changes in the more controversial portions of the former ''Vlaa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The European Parliament
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community) first met in 1952, its members were directly appointed by the governments of member states from among those already sitting in their own national parliaments. Since 1979, however, MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage every five years. Each Member state of the European Union, member state establishes its own method for electing MEPs – and in some states this has changed over time – but the system chosen must be a form of proportional representation. Some member states elect their MEPs to represent a single national constituency; other states apportion seats to sub-national regions for election. There may also be non-voting observers when a Enlargement of the European Union, new country is seeking membershi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 European Parliament Election In Belgium
An election was held on 26 May 2019 in the three Belgian constituencies (the Dutch-speaking electoral college, the French-speaking electoral college and the German-speaking electoral college) to elect the Belgian delegation to the European Parliament. It was part of the 2019 European Parliament election. A royal order of 15 June 2018 fixed the date of the European Parliament election in Belgium, following an agreement at European level. Per the Belgian Constitution, the 2019 Belgian regional elections, Belgian regional elections, and additionally the 2019 Belgian federal election, Belgian federal election because no snap election occurred, were automatically held on the same day. Marianne Thyssen, who was re-elected Member of the European Parliament in 2014 as ''lijsttrekker'' for CD&V and who subsequently became Juncker Commission, European Commissioner, announced in July 2018 that she would quit politics in 2019. Electoral system As the reapportionment after Brexit did not imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Vandendriessche
Tom Vandendriessche (born 27 October 1978) is a Belgian politician and businessman currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the Vlaams Belang. Studies Vandendriessche holds a master's degree in political sciences and a master's degree in business economics from Ghent University, where he was active as a student leader of the catholic and Flemish-national student organisation KVHV-Ghent. Career After his studies, he became a management trainee at Katoen Natie and business process engineer for the MOD-services of the Flemish Government, followed by a role as an employee in the quality assurance service of Hogeschool Gent and business analyst with Kind en Gezin. He became internal auditor at Audio in 2013, changing to the role of external auditor for the Flanders Audit Authority in 2014. From 2014 to 2015 he was also managing director of the firm Verwarmslimmer.be, which won the title of "Start Up of the Year" at the UNIZO East-Flanders-awards in 2015. Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Belgian Women Politicians
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Living People
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