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FILE - Far-right frontman and founder of Schild en Vrienden, Dries Van Langenhove gives the thumbs up as he arrives for a media conference of the far right Vlaams Belang Party in Brussels, Monday, May 27, 2019. A local court on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 convicted Van Langenhove to a year in jail for what the judge called "racist, hateful, Nazi and negationist speech" in a major ruling on how the nation deals with extremism. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

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FILE - Far-right frontman and founder of Schild en Vrienden, Dries Van Langenhove gives the thumbs up as he arrives for a media conference of the far right Vlaams Belang Party in Brussels, Monday, May 27, 2019. A local court on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 convicted Van Langenhove to a year in jail for what the judge called "racist, hateful, Nazi and negationist speech" in a major ruling on how the nation deals with extremism. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

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