Vlaams Blok was the name of a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism,calling for the independence of Flanders.
Flanders is both a cultural community and an economic region within the Belgian state,and has significant autonomy.
Frank Arthur Hyppolite Vanhecke is a Belgian politician. Vanhecke started his career in Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong Studentenverbond and later the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging. He gave up his membership of the Volksunie in 1977 after it acceded to a much-debated package of federal reforms. Vanhecke subsequently joined the Vlaams Nationale Partij,the predecessor of the Vlaams Blok.
Philip Michel Frans "Filip" Dewinter is a Belgian politician,journalist and commentator. He is one of the leading members of Vlaams Belang,a right-wing Flemish nationalist and secessionist political party.
Vlaams Belang 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 to be on the political far-right,although it self-describes as centre-right.
Gerolf Emma Jozef Annemans is a Belgian lawyer,journalist and politician of the Flemish nationalist party Vlaams Belang (VB) and formerly of its predecessor,the Vlaams Blok. He has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014,and a city councilor in Antwerp since 2000. He served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 1987 to 2014,and as a city councilor in Brasschaat from 1994 to 2000. He was the former leader of the VB from 2012 to 2014,and led the Vlaams Blok and VB parliamentary groups from 1991 to 2013.
Blokwatch is the name of a Belgian newssite,a virtual archive and documentation centre,and meeting point for research on and about the far right in Flanders. Most of its attention is attributed to the Vlaams Belang. Among other things,the site provides the complete version of the Vlaams Belang party statutes ("Basisbeginselen") and the notorious "70 steps plan".
Matthias Edward Storme is a Belgian lawyer,academic and conservative philosopher.
The Dutch-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It currently elects 12 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. Previously it elected 13 MEPS,until the 2013 accession of Croatia. Before that,it elected 14 MEPs,until the 2007 accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
Hans Van Themsche is a Belgian student who,on 11 May,2006,shot three people,killing two and severely injuring another,before being shot by police and incapacitated. He was sentenced to life in prison in 2008.
Alexandra Maria Catherine Colen is a Belgian politician. She was member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the Vlaams Belang party from 21 May 1995 until May 2014. She holds a PhD in linguistics,and is known for her advocacy of strict Catholic ethics.
Karim Van Overmeire is a Flemish politician,author,city planner and member of the New Flemish Alliance party.
Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudentenverbond (KVHV) or the Catholic Flemish Students' Union is a political student society which concerns Flemish nationalism and conservatism. It accepts male and female members and has chapters in Ghent,Leuven,Antwerp,Brussels,Aalst and Sint-Katelijne-Waver. Previously KVHV had chapters in Kortrijk,Ostend,and Mechelen.
Dries Van Langenhove is a Belgian far-right political activist and former politician. His notoriety stems from his espousal of neo-Nazi views and engagement in associated actions,culminating in a prison term in 2024 due to incitement to violence.
Frédéric Erens is a Belgian politician affiliated to the Vlaams Belang party.
Marijke Elisabeth Rudolf Dillen is a Belgian politician and lawyer who serves as a member of the Chamber of Representatives for Vlaams Belang.
Johan Deckmyn is a Belgian-Flemish politician and a member of the Vlaams Belang party.
Tanguy Veys is a Belgian retired politician formerly of the Vlaams Blok and then Vlaams Belang party.
Ignace Lowie is a Belgian politician,economist,journalist and former parliamentarian of the Vlaams Blok and successor Vlaams Belang party in the Chamber of Representatives.
Frank Beno Mariano Creyelman is a Belgian politician. Between 1995 and 1999 he served as a member of the Flemish Parliament;between 1999 and 2007 as a member of the senate and between 2007 and 2014 again as member of the Flemish Parliament. He is the brother of fellow Vlaams Belang politician Steven Creyelman. He was expelled from Vlaams Belang in 2023 after an investigation uncovered spying links to China.
