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Tom BERENDSEN

EPP · Netherlands · left on 22 February 2026

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Netherlands
Roll-call participation
98.3 %ⓘ of 407 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
96.8 %ⓘ of 400 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
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National party
CDA Christen Democratisch Appèl
In office
16 Jul 2024 – 22 Feb 2026 (left on 22 February 2026)
Against clear line
11 of 366 votesⓘ
Member id
197778
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

98.3 %

400 of 407 final votes while in office

EPP median: 90.6 % (+7.7 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

96.8 %

387 of 400 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (+1.2 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

3.0 %

11 of 366 votes where their group had a clear line

1 opposite (for ↔ against), 10 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

2.8 %

11 of 400 votes cast

Participation 98.3 % — EPP median 90.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Tom BERENDSEN98.3 %
EPP median90.6 %
Lowest in the group18.4 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members192
With majority line 96.8 % — EPP median 95.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Tom BERENDSEN96.8 %
EPP median95.6 %
Lowest in the group67.8 %
Highest in the group99.0 %
Members192
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of EPP; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.

Votes, 407

Export

Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecisionResultPositionMajority line
18 Dec 2025Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November Adopted 535 for, 0 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime Adopted 386 for, 184 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear Adopted 450 for, 93 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania Adopted 438 for, 37 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept Negotiating mandate approved 384 for, 237 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level Negotiating mandate approved 396 for, 202 against, 56 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies Passed 500 for, 120 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Passed 405 for, 242 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) Passed 604 for, 37 against, 18 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025EU/Jordan Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: terms and conditions for the participation of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Consent given 627 for, 13 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives Objection failed 230 for, 402 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Military Mobility Adopted 493 for, 127 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs Adopted 425 for, 120 against, 96 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Adopted 480 for, 83 against, 94 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Adopted 358 for, 202 against, 79 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products Passed 431 for, 161 against, 70 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes Amendment 1 rejected 122 for, 470 against, 69 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
16 Dec 2025Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan Passed 519 for, 119 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties Passed 629 for, 17 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Providing macro-financial assistance to Jordan Passed 585 for, 34 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Brexit Adjustment Reserve Passed 619 for, 6 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements Passed 428 for, 218 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt – Sweden Passed 578 for, 54 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Dec 2025Genetically modified maize NK603 Objection passed 479 for, 173 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
16 Dec 2025Genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 Objection passed 455 for, 169 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
16 Dec 2025Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia Adopted 417 for, 131 against, 108 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Amending Regulations on the Internal Market Information System (IMI) and on the single digital gateway as regards certain harmonisation requirements on transparency Passed 400 for, 77 against, 132 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation Passed 392 for, 88 against, 133 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Post-election killings and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu Adopted 539 for, 0 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran Adopted 549 for, 7 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani Adopted 464 for, 58 against, 75 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Adopted 490 for, 41 against, 74 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Adopted 490 for, 9 against, 109 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process Adopted 337 for, 245 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan Adopted 503 for, 32 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya Adopted 519 for, 3 against, 57 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
27 Nov 2025EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine Adopted 401 for, 70 against, 90 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Passed 402 for, 250 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirements Passed 519 for, 65 against, 73 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank Passed 521 for, 110 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Draft amending budget No 3/2025: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updates Passed 519 for, 99 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weapons Objection failed 88 for, 388 against, 184 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara Objection failed 359 for, 188 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
26 Nov 20252026 budgetary procedure: joint text Adopted 419 for, 185 against, 53 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Adopted 510 for, 75 against, 80 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Protection of minors online Adopted 483 for, 92 against, 86 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups Adopted 360 for, 298 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Nov 2025European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) Passed 457 for, 148 against, 33 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Nov 2025Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes Passed 556 for, 74 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Nov 2025Genetically modified maize DAS1131 Objection passed 453 for, 171 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 1 of 60 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within EPP

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Jeroen LENAERS EPPNetherlands100 % of 3 759 shared89 %
Ingeborg TER LAAK EPPNetherlands100 % of 3 742 shared89 %
Siegfried MUREŞAN EPPRomania97 % of 3 594 shared89 %
Sven SIMON EPPGermany97 % of 3 045 shared89 %
Manfred WEBER EPPGermany97 % of 2 789 shared89 %
Axel VOSS EPPGermany97 % of 2 955 shared89 %
Pekka TOVERI EPPFinland97 % of 3 321 shared89 %
Christine SCHNEIDER Former memberEPPGermany97 % of 2 984 shared89 %
Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ EPPLithuania97 % of 3 093 shared89 %
Oliver SCHENK EPPGermany97 % of 3 686 shared89 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Urmas PAET RenewEstonia89 % of 3 682 shared82 %
Andreas GLÜCK RenewGermany89 % of 2 345 shared82 %
Anouk VAN BRUG RenewNetherlands88 % of 2 316 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium88 % of 3 594 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands88 % of 3 098 shared82 %
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN RenewGermany88 % of 2 660 shared82 %
Moritz KÖRNER RenewGermany88 % of 3 672 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania88 % of 3 247 shared82 %
Malik AZMANI RenewNetherlands88 % of 3 737 shared82 %
Svenja HAHN RenewGermany88 % of 3 368 shared82 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Dossiers

No rapporteur, shadow or negotiator role recorded this term.

Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

24 contributions recorded; 35 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
17 Dec 2025Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
17 Dec 2025Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
16 Dec 2025Grids package and tackling raising energy prices through robust infrastructure (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
25 Nov 2025Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
21 Oct 2025Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
21 Oct 2025Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate) SpeechRead
21 Oct 2025Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
8 Oct 2025United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
7 Oct 2025Inland waterway transport: River Information Services (RIS) (A10-0033/2025 - Tom Berendsen) (vote) Speech · 1 minRead
10 Sept 2025State of the Union (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
18 Jun 2025Clean Industrial Deal (debate) Speech · 5 minRead
21 May 2025Russian energy phase-out, Nord Stream and the EU's energy sovereignty (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
2 Apr 2025Energy-intensive industries (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
1 Apr 2025Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025 (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
12 Feb 2025Competitiveness Compass (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
21 Jan 2025Need to detect and to counter sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet, damaging critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
18 Dec 2024Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate) Speech · 2 minRead
18 Dec 2024Preparation of the European Council of 19-20 December 2024 (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
13 Nov 2024Deplorable escalation of violence around the football match in the Netherlands and the unacceptable attacks against Israeli football fans (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
23 Oct 2024EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
23 Oct 2024U-turn on EU bureaucracy: the need to axe unnecessary burdens and reporting to unleash competitiveness and innovation (topical debate) Speech · 2 minRead
23 Oct 2024Tackling the steel crisis: boosting competitive and sustainable European steel and maintaining quality jobs (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
8 Oct 2024The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
17 Sept 2024The future of European competitiveness (debate) Speech · 2 minRead

Questions and motions, 14

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
18 Dec 2025European commitment to small modular (maritime) nuclear reactors E-10-2025-005005Written question9 Mar 2026
18 Dec 2025Stop the Russian nickel trade via Rotterdam E-10-2025-005006Written question12 Feb 2026
17 Dec 2025Acquisitions of Notified Bodies by companies from third countries E-10-2025-004986Written question24 Feb 2026
23 Jul 2025Exemption for temporary construction emissions and depositions for sustainable projects P-10-2025-003051Priority written question3 Sept 2025
2 Jul 2025Ensuring that demand meets supply in the CO<sub>2</sub> storage market E-10-2025-002712Written questionwith 1 co-author12 Sept 2025
10 Jun 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Clean Industrial Deal B-10-2025-0277Motion for a resolution—
5 Jun 2025Clean Industrial Deal O-10-2025-000020Oral questionNot yet answered
27 May 2025Increase in number of attacks with explosives in the Netherlands – Need for European action E-10-2025-002111Written questionwith 1 co-author31 Jul 2025
2 May 2025Apollo Vredestein workers fall victim to inadequate State aid rules P-10-2025-001790Priority written question18 Jun 2025
17 Mar 2025Tackling barriers to collecting road traffic fines and parking charges from foreign motorists E-10-2025-001123Written question2 Jun 2025

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Amendments tabled in committee, 7

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Tom BERENDSEN”. Member record. memberId 197778. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?page=2&scope=final&speeches=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197778. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197778?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-197778,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Tom BERENDSEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?page=2&scope=final&speeches=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?page=2&scope=final&speeches=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197778. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197778. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}