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Brigitte VAN DEN BERG

Netherlands Netherlands RE – Renew Europe Democraten 66

Brigitte VAN DEN BERG is a Member of the European Parliament from Netherlands, representing Democraten 66 in the Renew Europe (RE) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Brigitte has submitted 1055 amendments, delivered 38 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 6 as shadow rapporteur, asked 12 questions, and filed 4 motions. Vote participation stands at 85.5% (5067 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 1055 811.1 +244 210th/743 9th/34 41st/79
Speeches 38 44.4 -6 321st/743 16th/34 36th/79
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 15th/34 38th/79
Reports (Shadow) 6 3.8 +2 134th/743 9th/34 22nd/79
Questions 12 39.7 -28 584th/743 27th/34 56th/79
Motions 4 19.6 -16 380th/743 20th/34 46th/79
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 12th/34 36th/79
Opinions (Shadow) 6 2.7 +3 90th/743 6th/34 17th/79
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 19th/34 48th/79
Vote Participation 85.5% 86.3% – 502nd/745 30th/34 53rd/79

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Member EMPL – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Substitute ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Member HOUS – Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union
Substitute CULT – Committee on Culture and Education

Delegations

Member DEPA – Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
Member DSCA – Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee

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Other RE MEPs All RE MEPs →

Bernard GUETTA280 am Billy KELLEHER1,915 am Charles GOERENS1,424 am Christine SINGER1,467 am Christophe GRUDLER1,845 am
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Committees and delegations

Brigitte VAN DEN BERG holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on Culture and Education (CULT): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 10 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 26 of 38 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union (HOUS): Member, since 2025-01-23. Attended 12 of 27 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 17 of 37 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (DEPA): Member, since 2024-09-19
  • Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee (DSCA): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 6.

  • 2026-07-02 A10-0192/2026 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending regulation (EU) 2024/1252 (ITRE)
  • 2026-02-25 A10-0025/2026 REPORT on the housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (HOUS)
  • 2025-09-12 A10-0162/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (EMPL, IMCO)
  • 2025-06-30 A10-0122/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges (EMPL)
  • 2025-02-21 A10-0014/2025 REPORT on the European Social Fund Plus post-2027 (EMPL)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 6.

  • 2026-03-04 ITRE_AL(2026)781402 Opinion on the Interim Report for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (ITRE)
  • 2026-02-26 ITRE_AD(2026)781493 OPINION on the guidelines for the 2027 budget – Section III (ITRE)
  • 2025-09-04 ITRE_AL(2025)774578 Opinion in the form of a letter on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections (2025/0210(BUD)) (ITRE)
  • 2025-04-08 CULT_AD(2025)767866 OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships (‘Traineeships Directive’) (CULT)
  • 2025-03-19 CULT_AD(2025)768141 OPINION on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (CULT)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Brigitte VAN DEN BERG has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/2070(INI): 135 amendments, latest 2025-10-22 (HOUS)
    EP document title: REPORT on the housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
  • 2025/0550(COD): 115 amendments, latest 2026-06-22 (CULT)
    EP document title: BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the ‘AgoraEU’ programme for the period 2028 to 2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818
  • 2024/0068(COD): 99 amendments, latest 2025-03-27 (CULT)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships (‘Traineeships Directive’)
  • 2025/2081(INI): 97 amendments, latest 2025-11-19 (CULT)
    EP document title: OPINION on impact of social media and the online environment on young people
  • 2025/0555(COD): 91 amendments, latest 2026-05-19 (ITRE)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities, repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/522, (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/783, and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/696, (EU) 2023/588, (EU)

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

All 11, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-07-22 Education as a ground for discrimination (P-10-2026-003079)
  • 2026-07-07 Impact of Court ruling on Hungarian anti-LGBTI propaganda law on similar law in Bulgaria (E-10-2026-002806)
  • 2026-04-08 Russia’s influence on Hungary through the leaked 12-point plan (E-10-2026-001434)
  • 2025-09-15 Access to accommodation for staff from third countries participating in Erasmus+ exchanges (E-10-2025-003549)
  • 2025-06-04 US Administration’s attempt to bar international students from Harvard (P-10-2025-002243)
  • 2025-02-21 Working conditions of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors and industries (E-10-2025-000809)
  • 2025-01-10 The consequences of Italy’s planned Starlink deal for European industry, secure communications and strategic autonomy (P-10-2025-000078)
  • 2024-11-27 Measures to expand electricity infrastructure for the green transition (E-10-2024-002681)
  • 2024-11-27 Decarbonisation investments in the steel sector (E-10-2024-002694)
  • 2024-11-06 Clarification of Article 5 of the Artificial Intelligence Act regarding the deployment of remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces (E-10-2024-002452)
  • 2024-08-01 Violence against student protesters in Bangladesh (P-10-2024-001470)

Questions for oral answer

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

Motions for resolutions

All 4, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-07-01 PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 (B-10-2026-0338)
  • 2025-11-25 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine
  • 2025-09-10 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution
  • 2025-03-27 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on energy-intensive industries (B-10-2025-0209)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Brigitte VAN DEN BERG set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the Renew Europe group and of the Members from Netherlands. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanRE meanNetherlands mean
Amendments1055811.1 (higher)1225.9 (lower)778.6 (higher)
Speeches3844.4 (lower)50.9 (lower)39.2 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.1 (lower)0.7 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)63.8 (higher)5.0 (higher)5.0 (higher)
Questions1239.7 (lower)29.1 (lower)35.8 (lower)
Motions419.6 (lower)42.1 (lower)19.1 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.8 (lower)0.5 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)62.7 (higher)3.9 (higher)2.9 (higher)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)30.0 (lower)2.9 (lower)
Vote Participation85.5%86.3% (lower)88.0% (lower)92.0% (lower)

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.