Political Career
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Involved in the political Flemish movement since his youth, Vandendriessche became a member of the right-wing Vlaams Blok and Vlaams Blok Jongeren. In 2016 he became spokesman and press attaché for the Europe of Nations and Freedom group in the European Parliament. In 2019, he was elected MEP for his party, Vlaams Belang, winning 69.000 preference votes, taking over from Patsy Vatlet who chose not to take up her mandate as MEP.[3] Since 2020 Vandendriessche is also part of the party bureau of Vlaams Belang. Vandendriessche was re-elected as MEP in June of 2024, almost quadrupling his score by winning 318.151 preferential votes. Following the june 2024 European election, he took over the role of head of the Vlaams Belang-delegation in the European Parliament, which is a member of the Patriots for Europe.