Philip Claeys (born on 24 May 1965 in Ghent) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Belang. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Ghent (ˈɡɛnt Gent ʝɛnt in Dutch, Gand in French, and formerly Gaunt in English) is a City and a Politics of Belgium takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic Constitutional monarchy, whereby the A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. Flanders (Vlaanderen Flandre Flandern is a geographical region located in parts of present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Vlaams Belang ( English: Flemish Interest) is an anti-immigration right-wing Political party in the Flemish Community of Belgium He is Vice-Chair of the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in the European Parliament. Identity Tradition Sovereignty (ITS was a political group in the European Parliament composed of 23 members from European parties variously described The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU
He sits on its Committee on Foreign Affairs, and is a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education and a member of the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium)