Constituency of the European Parliament
The Dutch-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It currently elects 13 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. Before it elected 14 MEPs, until the 2007 accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
Boundaries
The constituency generally corresponds to the Flemish Community of Belgium, and is sometimes called the Flemish-speaking electoral college.[1][2] In officially bilingual Brussels, electors can choose between lists of this electoral college or those of the French-speaking electoral college.
Prior to the 2011–2012 state reform, voters could choose between both lists not only in Brussels, but in an area encompassing unilingually Dutch territory, Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde; some towns in the officially Dutch-speaking Brussels Periphery still have this option.
Members of the European Parliament
2019 – 2024
- Gerolf Annemans, VB
- Geert Bourgeois, N-VA
- Filip De Man, VB
- Petra De Sutter / Sara Matthieu, Groen
- Cindy Franssen, CD&V
- Assita Kanko, N-VA
- Kris Peeters / Tom Vandenkendelaere, CD&V
- Kathleen Van Brempt, Sp.a
- Tom Vandendriessche, VB[a]
- Johan Van Overtveldt, N-VA
- Hilde Vautmans, Open Vld
- Guy Verhofstadt, Open Vld
2014 – 2019
- Gerolf Annemans, VB
- Ivo Belet, CD&V
- Philippe De Backer / Lieve Wierinck, Open Vld
- Mark Demesmaeker, N-VA
- Louis Ide / Anneleen Van Bossuyt, N-VA
- Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck / Hilde Vautmans, Open Vld
- Bart Staes, Groen
- Helga Stevens, N-VA
- Marianne Thyssen / Tom Vandenkendelaere, CD&V
- Kathleen Van Brempt, Sp.a
- Johan Van Overtveldt / Sander Loones / Ralph Packet, N-VA
- Guy Verhofstadt, Open Vld
2009 – 2014
- Ivo Belet, CD&V
- Frieda Brepoels / Mark Demesmaeker, N-VA
- Philip Claeys, VB
- Philippe De Backer, Open Vld
- Jean-Luc Dehaene, CD&V
- Saïd El Khadraoui, Sp.a
- Derk-Jan Eppink, LDD
- Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Open Vld
- Bart Staes, Groen!
- Marianne Thyssen, CD&V
- Kathleen Van Brempt, Sp.a
- Frank Vanhecke, independent
- Guy Verhofstadt, Open Vld
2004 – 2009
- Ivo Belet, CD&V/N-VA
- Frederika Brepoels, CD&V/N-VA
- Philip Claeys, Vlaams Blok
- Jean-Luc Dehaene, CD&V/N-VA
- Karel De Gucht, VLD/Vivant
- Mia De Vits, SPA/Spirit
- Koenraad Dillen, Vlaams Blok
- Saïd El Khadraoui, SPA/Spirit
- Annemie Neyts, VLD/Vivant
- Bart Staes, Groen!
- Dirk Sterckx, VLD/Vivant
- Marianne Thyssen, CD&V/N-VA
- Frank Vanhecke, Vlaams Blok
- Anne Van Lancker, SPA/Spirit
Election results
2019
2014
2009
2004
1999
1994
1989
1984
1979
Returned members
Below are all members since the creation of the Dutch-speaking electoral college. Only members who were sworn in at the beginning of each parliamentary turn are mentioned. Under Belgian law, MEPs can resign and be automatically replaced. This was the case, for example, for Johan Van Overtveldt, who resigned to become Minister of Finance on 14 October 2014 and was replaced by Sander Loones.
References
- ^ Patsy Vatlet was originally elected but chose not to take her seat.
- ^ "A new "Black Sunday"". internationalviewpoint.org. 1 October 2004. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021.
- ^ Perrineau, P.; Grunberg, G.; Ysmal, C. (30 April 2016). Europe at the Polls: The European Elections of 1999. Springer. ISBN 9781137044419 – via Google Books.
