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Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE

Belgium Belgium PfE – Patriots for Europe Vlaams Belang

Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE is a Member of the European Parliament from Belgium, representing Vlaams Belang in the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Tom has submitted 451 amendments, delivered 28 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 2 as shadow rapporteur, asked 44 questions, and filed 5 motions. Vote participation stands at 98.6% (5845 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 451 811.1 -360 488th/743 19th/22 61st/93
Speeches 28 44.4 -16 457th/743 14th/22 54th/93
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 8th/22 12th/93
Reports (Shadow) 2 3.8 -2 370th/743 15th/22 52nd/93
Questions 44 39.7 +4 241st/743 13th/22 44th/93
Motions 5 19.6 -15 323rd/743 14th/22 37th/93
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 5th/22 11th/93
Opinions (Shadow) 6 2.7 +3 90th/743 7th/22 11th/93
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 16th/22 57th/93
Vote Participation 98.6% 86.3% – 45th/745 1st/22 5th/94

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Substitute IMCO – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Member LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Delegations

Member DMED – Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean
Member DASE – Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Substitute DMAS – Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries

Other Belgium MEPs All Belgium MEPs →

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Other PfE MEPs All PfE MEPs →

Thierry MARIANI393 am Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ337 am Tomasz BUCZEK21 am Tomáš KUBÍN2,191 am Ton DIEPEVEEN720 am
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Committees and delegations

Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 0 of 30 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 21 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (DASE): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (DMAS): Substitute, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (DMED): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2025-03-26 A10-0045/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an EU talent pool (LIBE)
  • 2024-11-21 A10-0015/2024 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu (LIBE)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 6.

  • 2026-03-05 LIBE_AD(2026)778040 OPINION on the impact of social media and the online environment on young people (LIBE)
  • 2025-07-17 LIBE_AD(2025)773201 OPINION on EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 (LIBE)
  • 2025-02-13 LIBE_AD(2025)765283 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section III – Commission, executive agencies and the ninth, tenth and eleventh European Development Funds (LIBE)
  • 2025-02-13 LIBE_AD(2025)765284 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU agencies for the financial year 2023 (LIBE)
  • 2025-02-10 LIBE_AD(2025)765277 OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section IX - European Data Protection Supervisor (LIBE)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/2239(INI): 120 amendments, latest 2025-12-15 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report
  • 2025/2061(INI): 42 amendments, latest 2025-09-29 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
  • 2023/0404(COD): 39 amendments, latest 2025-01-29 (LIBE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an EU talent pool
  • 2026/0013(COD): 27 amendments, latest 2026-07-01 (LIBE)
  • 2023/0439(COD): 25 amendments, latest 2025-04-30 (LIBE)

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

Most recent 20 of 40. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-08-27 The EU’s deadly anti-racism ideology: the death of Henry Nowak (E-10-2026-003350)
  • 2026-07-16 Constitutional coup by Péter Magyar’s government (E-10-2026-003035)
  • 2026-06-16 Use of budgetary headroom for the EUR 90 billion support loan to Ukraine (E-10-2026-002470)
  • 2026-04-16 Antifa=Terrorists: zero tolerance for political violence in Europe (E-10-2026-001569)
  • 2026-04-10 EU budget and equality policy – promoting LGBTQ projects over family policy (E-10-2026-001469)
  • 2026-04-08 Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework Regulation (E-10-2026-001410)
  • 2026-04-08 De facto mandatory nature of the codes of conduct on disinformation and hate speech (E-10-2026-001432)
  • 2026-03-19 Use of the ‘borderline content’ handbook promoted at the EU Internet Forum for moderating lawful political speech (E-10-2026-001160)
  • 2026-03-06 EU Legal Gateway and its connection to the issuance of Schengen visas (E-10-2026-000939)
  • 2026-03-05 Commission interference: electoral processes inside the EU and political pluralism at risk? (E-10-2026-000923)
  • 2026-03-05 Anti-fascist movements and political violence – the real threat to democracy (E-10-2026-000925)
  • 2026-02-18 Sign language accessibility in EU disability rights consultation 2025–2026 (E-10-2026-000693)
  • 2026-02-12 New EU-India agreement: more immigration, less control and risks to internal security? (E-10-2026-000617)
  • 2025-12-29 Penalties based on the Digital Services Act against the platform X (P-10-2025-005077)
  • 2025-12-16 Expansion of Erasmus and the rule of law (E-10-2025-004957)
  • 2025-12-01 Pricing and seating policy for young children on EU flights (E-10-2025-004743)
  • 2025-11-26 Assessment of Antifa Ost (‘Hammerbande’) as a structured terrorist organisation (E-10-2025-004707)
  • 2025-11-24 Fake asylum seekers: the EU is held hostage by a legal interpretation that opens the gates to illegal immigration and the collapse of its borders (E-10-2025-004673)
  • 2025-11-13 EU subsidies for organisations linked to Islamist networks (E-10-2025-004519)
  • 2025-11-13 EU guidelines and the influencing of AI chatbots (E-10-2025-004520)

Questions for oral answer

All 4, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2025-12-19 Multi-million euro fine against X to enforce the EU censorship agenda under the guise of alleged violations of transparency obligations under the DSA (O-10-2025-000047)
  • 2025-11-20 Manipulation of the Erasmus+ programme as a new channel for immigration and exclusion of Hungarian universities from the programme (O-10-2025-000043)
  • 2025-09-17 GPS interference on the flight of Commission President von der Leyen – media disinformation and distorted facts (O-10-2025-000030)
  • 2025-09-10 Commission steamrolling ahead with Mercosur agreement (O-10-2025-000027)

Motions for resolutions

All 5, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-01-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part, and the proposed Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market (B-10-2026-0061)
  • 2026-01-14 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2026-0063)
  • 2025-10-17 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 8 July 2025 supplementing Directive (EU) 2024/1788 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels (B-10-2025-0464)
  • 2025-09-12 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2025-0400)
  • 2024-11-25 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on election of the Commission (B-10-2024-0196)

Individual motions for resolutions

All 9, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

  • 2026-06-11 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on ending ideological flag displays on the premises of European Union institutions (B-10-2026-0284)
  • 2026-04-15 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU-funded media attacking Christian symbols while applying double standards (B-10-2026-0184)
  • 2025-10-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on declaring Antifa a terrorist organisation (B-10-2025-0447)
  • 2025-09-23 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the brutal murders of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska and US political activist Charlie Kirk, and the need to defend vulnerable individuals and uphold law and order (B-10-2025-0405)
  • 2025-02-11 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on implementing a mass return strategy to expel illegal migrants (B-10-2025-0137)
  • 2024-12-05 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Dismantling Overregulation and Government Encroachment: reclaiming competitiveness and innovation in the European Union (B-10-2024-0214)
  • 2024-11-22 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the victory of president-elect Donald Trump (B-10-2024-0185)
  • 2024-10-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on enabling Member States to opt-out of EU migration policy (B-10-2024-0119)
  • 2024-09-23 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the surge in the number of sub-Saharan migrants (B-10-2024-0065)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Patriots for Europe group and of the Members from Belgium. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanPfE meanBelgium mean
Amendments451811.1 (lower)937.9 (lower)1052.9 (lower)
Speeches2844.4 (lower)32.0 (lower)42.9 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)0.3 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)23.8 (lower)4.0 (lower)5.7 (lower)
Questions4439.7 (higher)54.2 (lower)56.6 (lower)
Motions519.6 (lower)6.7 (lower)40.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.1 (lower)0.5 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)62.7 (higher)2.8 (higher)5.2 (higher)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)97.4 (lower)29.6 (lower)
Vote Participation98.6%86.3% (higher)83.5% (higher)88.2% (higher)

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.