The MEP Gerolf Annemans has broken his pelvis after falling inside the European Parliament building in the French city of Strasbourg. Mr Annemans is an MEP for the far-right party Vlaams Belang.
Mr Annemans has informed VRT News that he will undergo surgery at a hospital in Strasbourg shortly. 67-year-old has been active in Vlaams Belang and its predecessor Vlaams Blok since 1985.
He was a federal MP from 1987 until 2014 and leader of Vlaams Belang from 2012 to 2014.
Since 2014 Mr Annemans has been a member of the European Parliament. He and his party colleagues Tom Vandendriessche and Barbara Bonte are members of the far-right Patriots for Europe (PvE) group in the European Parliament.