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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.
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 [ edit ]
Gerolf Annemans , VB
Bruno Tobback , Sp.a
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
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
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
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
Party
EU party
EP group
Votes
%
Change
Seats
Change
New-Flemish Alliance
EFA
ECR
954,048
22.44
−4.23
3
-1
Flemish Interest
ID Party
ID
811,169
19.08
+12.32
3
+2
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
ALDE
Renew
678,051
15.95
−4.45
2
-1
Christian Democratic and Flemish
EPP
EPP
617,651
14.53
−5.43
2
0
Green
EGP
Greens/EFA
525,908
12.37
+1.75
1
0
Socialist Party Different
PES
S&D
434,002
10.21
−2.97
1
0
Workers Party of Belgium
None
GUE/NGL
210,391
4.95
+2.55
0
0
Volt Belgium
Volt Europa
None
20,385
0.48
+0.48
0
0
Total
4,251,605
100
12
0
Party
EU party
EP group
Votes
%
Change
Seats
Change
New-Flemish Alliance
EFA
ECR
1,123,363
26.67
+16.79
4
+3
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
ALDE
ALDE
859,254
20.40
−0.2
3
0
Christian Democratic and Flemish
EPP
EPP
840,814
19.96
−3.34
2
−1
Socialist Party Different
PES
S&D
555,354
13.18
−0.05
1
−1
Flemish Interest
EAF
None
284,891
6.76
−9.14
1
−1
Green
EGP
Greens/EFA
447,449
10.62
+2.72
1
0
Workers Party of Belgium
None
None
101,246
2.40
+1.42
0
0
Total
4,212,371
100
12
−1
Party
Affiliation
Votes
%
Change
Seats
Change
Christian Democratic and Flemish
EPP
948,123
23.26
−4.89
3
0
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
ELDR
837,884
20.56
−1.35
3
0
Flemish Interest
None
647,170
15.88
−7.28
2
−1
Socialist Party Different
PES
539,393
13.23
−4.60
2
−1
New-Flemish Alliance
EFA /EPP-ED group (previous term)
402,545
9.88
+9.88
1
0
Green!
EGP
322,149
7.90
−0.08
1
0
List Dedecker
None, (joined ECR )
296,699
7.28
N/A
1
N/A
Workers Party of Belgium +
None
40,057
0.98
+0.37
0
0
Social Liberal Party
EFA
26,541
0.65
N/A
0
N/A
Others
15,383
0.38
0
Total
4,075,944
100
13
−1
Party
Affiliation
Votes
%
Change
Seats
Change
Christian Democratic and Flemish /New Flemish Alliance
1,131,119
28.15
+6.47
4
+1
Vlaams Blok
930,731
23.16
+8.07
3
+1
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
880,279
21.91
−1.7
3
0
Social Progressive Alternative -Spirit
716,317
17.83
+3.62
3
+1
Groen!
320,874
7.99
−3.99
1
−1
Workers Party of Belgium
24,807
0.62
0.05
0
0
Left Socialist Party
14,166
0.35
N/A
0
N/A
Total
4,018,293
100
14
0
Party
Affiliation
Votes
%
Change
Seats
Change
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
847,099
21.88%
+3.52%
3
0
Christian People's Party
839,720
21.68%
−5.75%
3
−1
Vlaams Blok
584,392
15.09%
+2.53%
2
0
Socialist Party
550,237
14.21%
−3.42%
2
−1
People's Union-ID
471,238
12.17%
+5.08%
2
+1
Agalev-Groen
464,042
11.98%
+1.25%
2
+1
Vivant
67,107
1.73%
N/A
0
N/A
Others
48,589
1.25%
0
0
Total
3,872,424
100
14
0
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 .
^ Patsy Vatlet was originally elected but chose not to take her seat.