Member

Verena MERTENS

EPP · Germany

Group: EPP PPE
Country: Germany
Roll-call participation: 84.0 %ⓘ of 293 roll calls in office · chamber median 91.5 % · 2025, final votes
With majority line: 97.6 %ⓘ of 246 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %

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National party: CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
In office: Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line: 5 of 231 votesⓘ
Committees: AFET (substitute), FEMM (substitute), LIBE
Member id: 256974

National party: CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
In office: Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line: 5 of 231 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.

Period Whole term 2024 (from July)2025 2026

Custom dates

Votes Final votes293 All roll calls2 891

Roll-call participation ⓘ

84.0 %

246 of 293 final votes while in office

EPP median: 91.8 % (−7.8 pts)

Chamber median: 91.5 %

With majority line ⓘ

97.6 %

240 of 246 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (+2.0 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

2.2 %

5 of 231 votes where their group had a clear line

3 opposite (for ↔ against), 2 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

0.8 %

2 of 246 votes cast

Participation 84.0 % — EPP median 91.8 %, 187 members.ⓘ

Data as a table

Participation among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
Figure	Participation
Verena MERTENS	84.0 %
EPP median	91.8 %
Lowest in the group	20.5 %
Highest in the group	100.0 %
Members	187

With majority line 97.6 % — EPP median 95.6 %, 187 members.ⓘ

Data as a table

With majority line among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
Figure	With majority line
Verena MERTENS	97.6 %
EPP median	95.6 %
Lowest in the group	71.7 %
Highest in the group	99.0 %
Members	187

2025, 293 final votes; 293 of 371 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, 5 928

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Every 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 and vote	Result	Position	Majority line
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Final vote — text as a whole	Adopted 339 for, 225 against, 16 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries Final vote — text as a whole	Adopted 319 for, 142 against, 19 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 73, adding text after recital H	181 for, 399 against, 2 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 16, adding text after recital G	252 for, 326 against, 8 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Recital F — part 3	381 for, 190 against, 4 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Recital F — part 2	338 for, 233 against, 9 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Recital F — part 1	524 for, 48 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 58 to recital E	84 for, 484 against, 8 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 57, adding text after recital D	193 for, 389 against, 4 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 56 to recital D	89 for, 494 against, 3 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendments 14 + 59 (voted as one), adding text after recital C	204 for, 381 against, 9 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 61, adding text after recital C	215 for, 366 against, 7 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 60, adding text after recital C	209 for, 378 against, 6 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 55 to recital C	95 for, 486 against, 11 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 72, adding text after recital B	345 for, 242 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Separate vote on recital A	459 for, 120 against, 10 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 42, adding text after citation 5	439 for, 128 against, 30 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 40, adding text after citation 1	392 for, 132 against, 62 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 79, adding text after paragraph 15	448 for, 137 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 2	297 for, 267 against, 21 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 1	304 for, 268 against, 21 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 71 to paragraph 14	92 for, 496 against, 6 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 77, adding text after paragraph 13	330 for, 250 against, 16 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 70, adding text after paragraph 13	93 for, 493 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 13	257 for, 331 against, 7 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 13 — part 2	351 for, 232 against, 3 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 69 to paragraph 13	195 for, 392 against, 6 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 12	390 for, 143 against, 64 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 12 — part 4	441 for, 147 against, 7 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 12 — part 3	427 for, 166 against, 7 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 36 to paragraph 12	231 for, 355 against, 12 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 11	261 for, 335 against, 4 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 52 to paragraph 11	259 for, 336 against, 7 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 10 to paragraph 11	208 for, 382 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 68 to paragraph 11	235 for, 358 against, 9 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 10	277 for, 321 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 10 — part 3	353 for, 240 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 10 — part 2	363 for, 231 against, 7 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 10 — part 1	390 for, 205 against, 4 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 9	203 for, 392 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 9	266 for, 295 against, 37 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 8	215 for, 335 against, 54 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 48 to paragraph 8	261 for, 316 against, 27 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 78, adding text after paragraph 7	395 for, 204 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 76, adding text after paragraph 7	177 for, 418 against, 13 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 66, adding text after paragraph 7	204 for, 395 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 7	202 for, 380 against, 18 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 30 to paragraph 7	253 for, 329 against, 22 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 65 to paragraph 7	91 for, 503 against, 9 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026	The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 29 to paragraph 6	261 for, 340 against, 6 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	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 7 of 38 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
21 Jan 2025	1	1
22 Jan 2025	1	1
23 Jan 2025	4	4
11 Feb 2025	4	4
12 Feb 2025	4	4
13 Feb 2025	2	0
11 Mar 2025	4	4
12 Mar 2025	7	7
13 Mar 2025	3	0
1 Apr 2025	7	7
2 Apr 2025	9	9
3 Apr 2025	5	5
6 May 2025	4	4
7 May 2025	20	19
8 May 2025	12	0
22 May 2025	6	6
17 Jun 2025	8	8
18 Jun 2025	7	7
19 Jun 2025	6	0
8 Jul 2025	8	8
9 Jul 2025	14	14
10 Jul 2025	7	7
9 Sept 2025	6	6
10 Sept 2025	15	15
11 Sept 2025	8	0
7 Oct 2025	4	0
8 Oct 2025	10	0
9 Oct 2025	10	10
21 Oct 2025	8	8
22 Oct 2025	6	6
23 Oct 2025	5	5
13 Nov 2025	16	16
25 Nov 2025	13	13
26 Nov 2025	10	10
27 Nov 2025	11	10
16 Dec 2025	11	11
17 Dec 2025	11	11
18 Dec 2025	6	6

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 Axel VOSS	Axel VOSS	EPP	Germany	99 % of 4 143 shared	89 %
Select Oliver SCHENK	Oliver SCHENK	EPP	Germany	99 % of 5 094 shared	89 %
Select Christine SCHNEIDER	Christine SCHNEIDER Former member	EPP	Germany	99 % of 3 276 shared	89 %
Select Ralf SEEKATZ	Ralf SEEKATZ	EPP	Germany	99 % of 4 765 shared	89 %
Select Alexandra MEHNERT	Alexandra MEHNERT	EPP	Germany	99 % of 4 547 shared	89 %
Select Stefan KÖHLER	Stefan KÖHLER	EPP	Germany	99 % of 4 696 shared	89 %
Select Lena DÜPONT	Lena DÜPONT	EPP	Germany	99 % of 4 342 shared	89 %
Select Norbert LINS	Norbert LINS	EPP	Germany	99 % of 5 022 shared	89 %
Select Marion WALSMANN	Marion WALSMANN	EPP	Germany	99 % of 5 140 shared	89 %
Select Andrea WECHSLER	Andrea WECHSLER	EPP	Germany	99 % of 4 992 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 4 635 shared	82 %
Select Dan BARNA	Dan BARNA	Renew	Romania	88 % of 4 561 shared	82 %
Select Hilde VAUTMANS	Hilde VAUTMANS	Renew	Belgium	88 % of 5 060 shared	82 %
Select Katri KULMUNI	Katri KULMUNI	Renew	Finland	88 % of 3 986 shared	82 %
Select Eugen TOMAC	Eugen TOMAC	Renew	Romania	87 % of 3 693 shared	82 %
Select Jeannette BALJEU	Jeannette BALJEU	Renew	Netherlands	87 % of 4 480 shared	82 %
Select Bart GROOTHUIS	Bart GROOTHUIS	Renew	Netherlands	87 % of 3 883 shared	82 %
Select Elsi KATAINEN	Elsi KATAINEN	Renew	Finland	87 % of 5 140 shared	82 %
Select Moritz KÖRNER	Moritz KÖRNER	Renew	Germany	87 % of 5 066 shared	82 %
Select Jan-Christoph OETJEN	Jan-Christoph OETJEN	Renew	Germany	87 % of 5 052 shared	82 %

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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).
Body	Role	From	To
Committee on Foreign AffairsAFET Committee	Substitute	3 Jul 2026	now
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender EqualityFEMM Committee	Substitute	19 Jul 2024	now
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE Committee	Member	19 Jul 2024	now
Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-CL Joint parliamentary committee	Vice-chair	3 Oct 2024	now
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assembly	Member	19 Sept 2024	now
Intergroup on Children’s RightsIG10-06 Intergroup / working group	Member	19 Feb 2025	now
Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural RoutesIG10-11 Intergroup / working group	Member	29 Jan 2025	now
Intergroup on Mental HealthIG10-17 Intergroup / working group	Member	5 Feb 2025	now
Intergroup on the PoliceIG10-18 Intergroup / working group	Member	29 Jan 2025	now
Committee on Budgetary ControlCONT Committee	Substitute	19 Jul 2024	21 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.
Dossier	Role	Committee	Date
Chemical submission: addressing its consequences on women's rights and safety in the EU	Shadow rapporteur	FEMM	7 Jul 2026
Combating firearms trafficking and other firearms-related offences and amending Directive (EU) 2024/1260 of the European Parliament and of the Council	Shadow rapporteur	LIBE	5 May 2026
Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU	Shadow rapporteur	LIBE	11 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 rapporteur	FEMM	14 Jan 2025
No dossier named	Delegation vice-chair	D-CL	28 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)0070	Shadow rapporteur	LIBE	10 Sept 2024
Agreement between Mexico and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record data	Shadow rapporteur	LIBE	10 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.
Date	Debate	Kind	Verbatim
20 May 2026	Recruitment of children by organised crime (debate)	Speech · 2 min	Read
27 Apr 2026	Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU (debate) on behalf of EPP	Speech · 2 min	Read
11 Mar 2026	Child sexual abuse online: protect children, not perpetrators (topical debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
21 Oct 2025	Changing security landscape and the role of police at the heart of the EU’s internal security strategy (debate)	Speech · 2 min	Read
10 Feb 2025	Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)	Speech · 2 min	Read
10 Feb 2025	Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
22 Jan 2025	Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports (debate)	Speech	Read
22 Jan 2025	Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
27 Nov 2024	Stepping up the fight against and the prevention of the recruitment of minors for criminal acts (debate)	Speech · 2 min	Read
9 Oct 2024	Prevention of drug-related crimes, their effect on European citizens and the need for an effective European response (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read

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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.
Date	Title	Kind	Answer
10 Sept 2026	Potential market disruption linked to the European Positive List process under Directive (EU) 2020/2184 E-10-2026-003614	Written questionwith 9 co-authors	Not yet answered
23 Jul 2026	Energy Performance of Buildings Directive E-10-2026-003113	Written questionwith 17 co-authors	Not yet answered
13 Jul 2026	Support for the development of sexual assault centres in the EU E-10-2026-002872	Written questionwith 20 co-authors	Not yet answered
13 May 2026	ME/CFS: assessing Horizon Europe funding, uptake gaps and the need for targeted EU research action E-10-2026-001988	Written questionwith 6 co-authors	15 Jul 2026
6 May 2026	Continuity of tertiary education for pregnant women and women with children E-10-2026-001857	Written questionwith 46 co-authors	3 Jul 2026
6 May 2026	Practical feasibility of labelling requirements for secondary and tertiary reusable packaging under Articles 12 and 15(8) PPWR E-10-2026-001856	Written questionwith 12 co-authors	10 Jul 2026
27 Apr 2026	MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment B-10-2026-0235	Motion for a resolutionwith 11 co-authors	—
17 Apr 2026	The need for targeted criminal provisions on cyberbullying and online harassment and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address these issues O-10-2026-000018	Oral questionwith 11 co-authors	Not yet answered
25 Mar 2026	Ensuring competition and strategic autonomy in the AI gigafactory supply chain E-10-2026-001255	Written questionwith 17 co-authors	19 Jun 2026
14 Jan 2026	Strengthening Europe’s printed circuit boards & electronics production E-10-2026-000120	Written questionwith 15 co-authors	24 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.
Date	Text amended	Committee	Amendments
27 Jul 2026	Amending 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	CJ72	2
27 Jul 2026	Amending 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	CJ72	1
27 Jul 2026	Amending 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	CJ72	9
27 Jul 2026	Amending 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	CJ72	8
26 May 2026	Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789070	CJ19	29
26 May 2026	Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789071	CJ19	5
26 May 2026	Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789072	CJ19	9
26 May 2026	Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures ENVI-AM-789030	ENVI	1
26 May 2026	Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures ENVI-AM-787880	ENVI	1
26 May 2026	Establishing Global Europe CJ19-AM-789067	CJ19	13

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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 Germany National delegation

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256974?period=2025&scope=final&vscope=all
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

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Verena MERTENS”. Member record. memberId 256974. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256974?period=2025&scope=final&vscope=all (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?period=2025&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256974?period=2025&scope=final&vscope=all},
  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}
}

Record

Votes, 5 928

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Outside the group

Work

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Questions and motions, 17

Amendments tabled in committee, 27

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Votes, 5 928