Member · Former member

Tom BERENDSEN

EPP · Netherlands · left on 22 February 2026

Group: EPP PPE
Country: Netherlands
Roll-call participation: 99.7 %ⓘ of 2 891 roll calls in office · chamber median 91.2 % · 2025, roll calls
With majority line: 97.4 %ⓘ of 2 881 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 93.5 %

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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: 44 of 2 742 votesⓘ
Member id: 197778

National party: CDA Christen Democratisch Appèl
In office: 16 Jul 2024 – 22 Feb 2026 (left on 22 February 2026)
Against clear line: 44 of 2 742 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.

Period Whole term 2024 (from July)2025 2026

Custom dates

Votes Final votes293 All roll calls2 891

Roll-call participation ⓘ

99.7 %

2 881 of 2 891 roll calls while in office

EPP median: 91.0 % (+8.7 pts)

Chamber median: 91.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

97.4 %

2 807 of 2 881 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 93.5 % (+3.9 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

1.6 %

44 of 2 742 votes where their group had a clear line

26 opposite (for ↔ against), 18 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

1.1 %

33 of 2 881 votes cast

Participation 99.7 % — EPP median 91.0 %, 187 members.ⓘ

Data as a table

Participation among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
Figure	Participation
Tom BERENDSEN	99.7 %
EPP median	91.0 %
Lowest in the group	23.2 %
Highest in the group	99.7 %
Members	187

With majority line 97.4 % — EPP median 93.5 %, 187 members.ⓘ

Data as a table

With majority line among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
Figure	With majority line
Tom BERENDSEN	97.4 %
EPP median	93.5 %
Lowest in the group	66.7 %
Highest in the group	98.9 %
Members	187

2025, 2 891 roll-call votes. 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.

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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.
Date	Decision	Result	Position	Majority line
12 Feb 2026	Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain	Passed 555 for, 0 against, 26 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026	Post-election situation in Uganda and threats against opposition leader Bobi Wine	Adopted 514 for, 3 against, 56 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026	Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in Iran	Adopted 524 for, 3 against, 41 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026	Targeted expulsions of foreign journalists and foreign Christians in Türkiye under national security pretexts	Adopted 502 for, 2 against, 59 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026	Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy	Adopted 385 for, 141 against, 53 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026	Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights	Adopted 332 for, 209 against, 33 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026	Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women	Adopted 340 for, 141 against, 68 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
12 Feb 2026	Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire	Adopted 363 for, 71 against, 81 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026	Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027	Passed 458 for, 140 against, 44 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026	Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine Facility	Passed 473 for, 140 against, 32 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026	Amending the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027	Consent given 490 for, 130 against, 32 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026	Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/006 BE/Audi – Belgium	Passed 593 for, 55 against, 9 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026	Genetically modified soybean DBN-09004-6	Objection passed 461 for, 169 against, 22 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2026	Genetically modified maize T25 (ACS-ZMØØ3-2)	Objection passed 462 for, 169 against, 22 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2026	Genetically modified cotton T304-40	Objection passed 428 for, 156 against, 22 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2026	Genetically modified cotton GHB614 × LLCotton25	Objection passed 463 for, 164 against, 21 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2026	Interim report in view of the consent procedure on the Agreement establishing an association between the EU and the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino	Interim report adopted 552 for, 24 against, 75 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
11 Feb 2026	EU strategic defence and security partnerships	Adopted 440 for, 119 against, 85 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026	Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level	Passed 408 for, 184 against, 60 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026	Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept	Passed 396 for, 226 against, 30 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026	Amending regulations on agricultural products as regards market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products	Passed 625 for, 15 against, 11 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026	Amending the Measuring Instruments Directive	Passed 594 for, 25 against, 23 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026	Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products	Passed 483 for, 102 against, 67 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026	Framework for achieving climate neutrality	Passed 413 for, 226 against, 12 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026	European Union designs (codification)	Passed 613 for, 5 against, 29 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
10 Feb 2026	European Central Bank – annual report 2025	Adopted 443 for, 71 against, 117 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026	Motion of censure on the Commission	Rejected 165 for, 390 against, 10 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026	Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong	Adopted 503 for, 9 against, 100 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026	Case of Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic	Adopted 582 for, 0 against, 35 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026	Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges	Adopted 483 for, 68 against, 76 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026	Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness	Adopted 318 for, 247 against, 67 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026	European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure	Adopted 471 for, 68 against, 71 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026	Brutal repression against protesters in Iran	Adopted 562 for, 9 against, 57 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026	Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania	Adopted 385 for, 165 against, 35 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026	Air passenger rights	Amendments 1 + 243 (voted as one) adopted 632 for, 15 against, 9 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026	EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina	Consent given 565 for, 83 against, 14 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026	Enhanced cooperation on the establishment of a Loan for Ukraine	Consent given 499 for, 135 against, 24 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026	Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)	Adopted 334 for, 324 against, 11 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026	Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025	Adopted 392 for, 179 against, 83 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026	Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025	Adopted 395 for, 197 against, 70 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026	Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025	Adopted 421 for, 120 against, 108 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026	Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’)	Adopted 440 for, 127 against, 59 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026	Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest	Passed 503 for, 57 against, 108 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026	The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies	Adopted 492 for, 144 against, 28 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026	Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies	Adopted 420 for, 207 against, 20 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026	Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties	Adopted 491 for, 83 against, 84 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026	Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises	Adopted 444 for, 153 against, 55 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026	Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States	Adopted 417 for, 234 against, 9 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025	Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan	Adopted 477 for, 7 against, 69 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025	Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri	Adopted 519 for, 2 against, 50 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: For

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 51 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

Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
Sitting	Roll calls	Voted in
20 Jan 2025	2	0
21 Jan 2025	1	1
22 Jan 2025	2	2
23 Jan 2025	45	41
10 Feb 2025	1	1
11 Feb 2025	32	32
12 Feb 2025	10	10
13 Feb 2025	30	29
10 Mar 2025	2	2
11 Mar 2025	9	9
12 Mar 2025	228	228
13 Mar 2025	24	24
31 Mar 2025	3	3
1 Apr 2025	35	35
2 Apr 2025	251	249
3 Apr 2025	62	62
5 May 2025	5	5
6 May 2025	10	10
7 May 2025	220	220
8 May 2025	103	103
21 May 2025	2	2
22 May 2025	53	53
16 Jun 2025	2	2
17 Jun 2025	41	41
18 Jun 2025	91	91
19 Jun 2025	87	87
7 Jul 2025	1	1
8 Jul 2025	55	55
9 Jul 2025	134	134
10 Jul 2025	36	36
8 Sept 2025	1	1
9 Sept 2025	101	101
10 Sept 2025	34	34
11 Sept 2025	69	69
6 Oct 2025	2	2
7 Oct 2025	5	5
8 Oct 2025	55	54
9 Oct 2025	65	65
20 Oct 2025	3	3
21 Oct 2025	13	13
22 Oct 2025	186	186
23 Oct 2025	55	55
13 Nov 2025	267	267
24 Nov 2025	3	3
25 Nov 2025	75	75
26 Nov 2025	100	100
27 Nov 2025	125	125
15 Dec 2025	4	4
16 Dec 2025	66	66
17 Dec 2025	43	43
18 Dec 2025	42	42

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.
Select	Member	Group	Country	Agreement	Baseline
Select Jeroen LENAERS	Jeroen LENAERS	EPP	Netherlands	100 % of 3 759 shared	89 %
Select Ingeborg TER LAAK	Ingeborg TER LAAK	EPP	Netherlands	100 % of 3 742 shared	89 %
Select Siegfried MUREŞAN	Siegfried MUREŞAN	EPP	Romania	97 % of 3 594 shared	89 %
Select Sven SIMON	Sven SIMON	EPP	Germany	97 % of 3 045 shared	89 %
Select Manfred WEBER	Manfred WEBER	EPP	Germany	97 % of 2 789 shared	89 %
Select Axel VOSS	Axel VOSS	EPP	Germany	97 % of 2 955 shared	89 %
Select Pekka TOVERI	Pekka TOVERI	EPP	Finland	97 % of 3 321 shared	89 %
Select Christine SCHNEIDER	Christine SCHNEIDER Former member	EPP	Germany	97 % of 2 984 shared	89 %
Select Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ	Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ	EPP	Lithuania	97 % of 3 093 shared	89 %
Select Oliver SCHENK	Oliver SCHENK	EPP	Germany	97 % of 3 686 shared	89 %

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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).
Select	Member	Group	Country	Agreement	Baseline
Select Urmas PAET	Urmas PAET	Renew	Estonia	89 % of 3 682 shared	82 %
Select Andreas GLÜCK	Andreas GLÜCK	Renew	Germany	89 % of 2 345 shared	82 %
Select Anouk VAN BRUG	Anouk VAN BRUG	Renew	Netherlands	88 % of 2 316 shared	82 %
Select Hilde VAUTMANS	Hilde VAUTMANS	Renew	Belgium	88 % of 3 594 shared	82 %
Select Bart GROOTHUIS	Bart GROOTHUIS	Renew	Netherlands	88 % of 3 098 shared	82 %
Select Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN	Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN	Renew	Germany	88 % of 2 660 shared	82 %
Select Moritz KÖRNER	Moritz KÖRNER	Renew	Germany	88 % of 3 672 shared	82 %
Select Dan BARNA	Dan BARNA	Renew	Romania	88 % of 3 247 shared	82 %
Select Malik AZMANI	Malik AZMANI	Renew	Netherlands	88 % of 3 737 shared	82 %
Select Svenja HAHN	Svenja HAHN	Renew	Germany	88 % of 3 368 shared	82 %

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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.
Date	Debate	Kind	Verbatim
17 Dec 2025	Preparation 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 min	Read
17 Dec 2025	Preparation 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 min	Read
16 Dec 2025	Grids package and tackling raising energy prices through robust infrastructure (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
25 Nov 2025	Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
21 Oct 2025	Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
21 Oct 2025	Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)	Speech	Read
21 Oct 2025	Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)	Speech · 2 min	Read
8 Oct 2025	United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
7 Oct 2025	Inland waterway transport: River Information Services (RIS) (A10-0033/2025 - Tom Berendsen) (vote)	Speech · 1 min	Read
10 Sept 2025	State of the Union (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read

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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.
Date	Title	Kind	Answer
18 Dec 2025	European commitment to small modular (maritime) nuclear reactors E-10-2025-005005	Written question	9 Mar 2026
18 Dec 2025	Stop the Russian nickel trade via Rotterdam E-10-2025-005006	Written question	12 Feb 2026
17 Dec 2025	Acquisitions of Notified Bodies by companies from third countries E-10-2025-004986	Written question	24 Feb 2026
23 Jul 2025	Exemption for temporary construction emissions and depositions for sustainable projects P-10-2025-003051	Priority written question	3 Sept 2025
2 Jul 2025	Ensuring that demand meets supply in the CO<sub>2</sub> storage market E-10-2025-002712	Written questionwith 1 co-author	12 Sept 2025
10 Jun 2025	MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Clean Industrial Deal B-10-2025-0277	Motion for a resolution	—
5 Jun 2025	Clean Industrial Deal O-10-2025-000020	Oral question	Not yet answered
27 May 2025	Increase in number of attacks with explosives in the Netherlands – Need for European action E-10-2025-002111	Written questionwith 1 co-author	31 Jul 2025
2 May 2025	Apollo Vredestein workers fall victim to inadequate State aid rules P-10-2025-001790	Priority written question	18 Jun 2025
17 Mar 2025	Tackling barriers to collecting road traffic fines and parking charges from foreign motorists E-10-2025-001123	Written question	2 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.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
Date	Text amended	Committee	Amendments
17 Sept 2025	Military mobility CJ57-AM-777035	CJ57	1
17 Sept 2025	Military mobility CJ57-AM-777036	CJ57	1
4 Jun 2025	Establishing harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 AFCO-AM-774387	AFCO	7
22 May 2025	Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement ITRE-AM-773329	ITRE	1
28 Mar 2025	European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) CJ55-AM-771939	CJ55	1
28 Mar 2025	European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) CJ55-AM-771936	CJ55	1
28 Mar 2025	European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) CJ55-AM-771938	CJ55	2

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Connections

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

Political group

Group European People’s Party EPP · Centre-right · Christian democracy, conservatism

National delegation

Delegation Netherlands National delegation

Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?period=2025&rows=all&vscope=final
Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament
Data source: EP Open Data: member record
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?period=2025&rows=all&vscope=final (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?period=2025&rows=all&vscope=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?period=2025&rows=all&vscope=final},
  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}
}