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Member

Verena MERTENS

EPP · Germany

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Germany
Roll-call participation
86.9 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
98.5 %ⓘ of 539 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
More facts (5)
National party
CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
6 of 505 votesⓘ
Committees
AFET (substitute), FEMM (substitute), LIBE
Member id
256974
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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 ⓘ

86.9 %

539 of 620 final votes while in office

EPP median: 90.6 % (−3.6 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

98.5 %

531 of 539 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (+3.0 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

1.2 %

6 of 505 votes where their group had a clear line

3 opposite (for ↔ against), 3 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

0.6 %

3 of 539 votes cast

Participation 86.9 % — EPP median 90.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Verena MERTENS86.9 %
EPP median90.6 %
Lowest in the group18.4 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members192
With majority line 98.5 % — 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
Verena MERTENS98.5 %
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, 620

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
23 Oct 2024Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States Passed 444 for, 179 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Resolution rejected 233 for, 360 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine Passed 518 for, 56 against, 61 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023 Passed 531 for, 91 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agencies Passed 522 for, 115 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2024Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch Passed 601 for, 47 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 20242022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council Passed 431 for, 131 against, 83 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Oct 2024The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas Adopted 540 for, 23 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2024Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration Adopted 508 for, 53 against, 104 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2024The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia Adopted 495 for, 73 against, 86 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2024Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters that occurred in 2023 Passed 632 for, 7 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024EU/USA Agreement on the launch of Galileo satellites from U.S. Territory Consent given 582 for, 16 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the ‘Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’ Adopted 565 for, 8 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus Adopted 549 for, 21 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in Cuba Adopted 380 for, 182 against, 51 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States Adopted 425 for, 131 against, 63 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
19 Sept 2024Situation in Venezuela Adopted 309 for, 201 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl Objection passed 516 for, 129 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole Objection passed 522 for, 127 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Adopted 495 for, 137 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For

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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 10 of 80 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
Axel VOSS EPPGermany99 % of 4 143 shared89 %
Oliver SCHENK EPPGermany99 % of 5 094 shared89 %
Christine SCHNEIDER Former memberEPPGermany99 % of 3 276 shared89 %
Ralf SEEKATZ EPPGermany99 % of 4 765 shared89 %
Alexandra MEHNERT EPPGermany99 % of 4 547 shared89 %
Stefan KÖHLER EPPGermany99 % of 4 696 shared89 %
Lena DÜPONT EPPGermany99 % of 4 342 shared89 %
Norbert LINS EPPGermany99 % of 5 022 shared89 %
Marion WALSMANN EPPGermany99 % of 5 140 shared89 %
Andrea WECHSLER EPPGermany99 % of 4 992 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 4 635 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania88 % of 4 561 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium88 % of 5 060 shared82 %
Katri KULMUNI RenewFinland88 % of 3 986 shared82 %
Eugen TOMAC RenewRomania87 % of 3 693 shared82 %
Jeannette BALJEU RenewNetherlands87 % of 4 480 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands87 % of 3 883 shared82 %
Elsi KATAINEN RenewFinland87 % of 5 140 shared82 %
Moritz KÖRNER RenewGermany87 % of 5 066 shared82 %
Jan-Christoph OETJEN RenewGermany87 % of 5 052 shared82 %

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Work

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

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on Foreign AffairsAFET CommitteeSubstitute3 Jul 2026now
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender EqualityFEMM CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-CL Joint parliamentary committeeVice-chair3 Oct 2024now
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on Children’s RightsIG10-06 Intergroup / working groupMember19 Feb 2025now
Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural RoutesIG10-11 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now
Intergroup on Mental HealthIG10-17 Intergroup / working groupMember5 Feb 2025now
Intergroup on the PoliceIG10-18 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now
Committee on Budgetary ControlCONT CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 202421 Jan 2025

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Chemical submission: addressing its consequences on women's rights and safety in the EUShadow rapporteurFEMM7 Jul 2026
Combating firearms trafficking and other firearms-related offences and amending Directive (EU) 2024/1260 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShadow rapporteurLIBE5 May 2026
Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUShadow rapporteurLIBE11 Mar 2025
FEMM opinion on Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) 2024/0035(COD)Shadow rapporteurFEMM14 Jan 2025
No dossier namedDelegation vice-chairD-CL28 Sept 2024
Opening of negotiations in view of an agreement between the EU and USA on cross-border access to electronic evidence for judicial cooperation in criminal matters - COM(2019)0070Shadow rapporteurLIBE10 Sept 2024
Agreement between Mexico and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record dataShadow rapporteurLIBE10 Sept 2024

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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.

13 contributions recorded; 1 on behalf of their group; 18 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
20 May 2026Recruitment of children by organised crime (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
27 Apr 2026Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU (debate) on behalf of EPPSpeech · 2 minRead
11 Mar 2026Child sexual abuse online: protect children, not perpetrators (topical debate) Speech · 1 minRead
21 Oct 2025Changing security landscape and the role of police at the heart of the EU’s internal security strategy (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
10 Feb 2025Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
10 Feb 2025Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
22 Jan 2025Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports (debate) SpeechRead
22 Jan 2025Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
27 Nov 2024Stepping up the fight against and the prevention of the recruitment of minors for criminal acts (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
9 Oct 2024Prevention of drug-related crimes, their effect on European citizens and the need for an effective European response (debate) Speech · 1 minRead

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Questions and motions, 17

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
10 Sept 2026Potential market disruption linked to the European Positive List process under Directive (EU) 2020/2184 E-10-2026-003614Written questionwith 9 co-authorsNot yet answered
23 Jul 2026Energy Performance of Buildings Directive E-10-2026-003113Written questionwith 17 co-authorsNot yet answered
13 Jul 2026Support for the development of sexual assault centres in the EU E-10-2026-002872Written questionwith 20 co-authorsNot yet answered
13 May 2026ME/CFS: assessing Horizon Europe funding, uptake gaps and the need for targeted EU research action E-10-2026-001988Written questionwith 6 co-authors15 Jul 2026
6 May 2026Continuity of tertiary education for pregnant women and women with children E-10-2026-001857Written questionwith 46 co-authors3 Jul 2026
6 May 2026Practical feasibility of labelling requirements for secondary and tertiary reusable packaging under Articles 12 and 15(8) PPWR E-10-2026-001856Written questionwith 12 co-authors10 Jul 2026
27 Apr 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment B-10-2026-0235Motion for a resolutionwith 11 co-authors—
17 Apr 2026The need for targeted criminal provisions on cyberbullying and online harassment and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address these issues O-10-2026-000018Oral questionwith 11 co-authorsNot yet answered
25 Mar 2026Ensuring competition and strategic autonomy in the AI gigafactory supply chain E-10-2026-001255Written questionwith 17 co-authors19 Jun 2026
14 Jan 2026Strengthening Europe’s printed circuit boards & electronics production E-10-2026-000120Written questionwith 15 co-authors24 Mar 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 27

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.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
27 Jul 2026Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus) CJ72-AM-791073 CJ722
27 Jul 2026Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus) CJ72-AM-791873 CJ721
27 Jul 2026Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus) CJ72-AM-791874 CJ729
27 Jul 2026Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus) CJ72-AM-790967 CJ728
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789070 CJ1929
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789071 CJ195
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789072 CJ199
26 May 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures ENVI-AM-789030 ENVI1
26 May 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures ENVI-AM-787880 ENVI1
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789067 CJ1913
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789068 CJ1915
26 May 2026Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789069 CJ1935
29 Oct 2025Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Agencies LIBE-AM-779437 LIBE4
20 Oct 2025Impact of social media and the online environment on young people LIBE-AM-779286 LIBE10
22 Jul 2025Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU CJ01-AM-775763 CJ0117
9 Jul 2025Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements JURI-AM-775460 JURI4
9 Jul 2025Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises FEMM-AM-775635 FEMM6
9 Jul 2025Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises FEMM-AM-775639 FEMM10
8 Jul 2025Amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements JURI-AM-775459 JURI16
4 Jul 2025Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements JURI-AM-775457 JURI12
4 Jul 2025Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements JURI-AM-775458 JURI11
30 Apr 2025Gender Equality Strategy 2025 FEMM-AM-773137 FEMM13
30 Apr 2025Gender Equality Strategy 2025 FEMM-AM-773055 FEMM5
18 Mar 2025Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, and on enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 LIBE-AM-770286 LIBE4
20 Jan 2025Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) FEMM-AM-767971 FEMM20
14 Nov 2024Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) LIBE-AM-766594 LIBE24
14 Nov 2024Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) LIBE-AM-766593 LIBE23

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Sources & citation

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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
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Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Verena MERTENS”. Member record. memberId 256974. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256974?amendments=all&page=13&scope=final (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256974. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/256974?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-256974,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Verena MERTENS}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256974?amendments=all&page=13&scope=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256974?amendments=all&page=13&scope=final},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 256974. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256974. 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}
}