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Tom BERENDSEN

Netherlands Netherlands EPP – European People's Party Christen Democratisch Appèl

Tom BERENDSEN was a Member of the European Parliament from Netherlands, representing Christen Democratisch Appèl in the European People's Party (EPP) group, during the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), until 2026-02-12. During that mandate, Tom submitted 14 amendments, delivered 24 speeches, authored 1 report as rapporteur and 0 as shadow rapporteur, asked 13 questions, and filed 1 motion. Vote participation was 98.2% (3770 out of 3838 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 14 811.1 -797 713th/743 33rd/34 183rd/193
Speeches 24 44.4 -20 507th/743 22nd/34 107th/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 1 0.8 +0 134th/743 9th/34 47th/193
Reports (Shadow) 0 3.8 -4 564th/743 32nd/34 116th/193
Questions 13 39.7 -27 565th/743 25th/34 116th/193
Motions 1 19.6 -19 589th/743 28th/34 138th/193
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 12th/34 70th/193
Opinions (Shadow) 1 2.7 -2 369th/743 20th/34 53rd/193
Explanations of Vote 0 43.0 -43 394th/743 19th/34 88th/193
Vote Participation 98.2% 86.3% – 59th/745 11th/34 17th/193

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).

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Reports and opinions

Reports as rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-03-20 A10-0033/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2005/44/EC on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community (TRAN)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-09-24 AFCO_AD(2025)773117 OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council stablishing 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)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Tom BERENDSEN tabled as author or co-author during the mandate in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2023/0463(COD): 7 amendments, latest 2025-06-12 (AFCO)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 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
  • 2024/0061(COD): 4 amendments, latest 2025-03-31 (SEDE, ITRE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)
  • 2025/2090(INI): 2 amendments, latest 2025-09-18 (SEDE, TRAN)
    EP document title: REPORT on military mobility
  • 2024/2108(INI): 1 amendment, latest 2025-05-22 (ITRE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

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 12, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2025-12-18 European commitment to small modular (maritime) nuclear reactors (E-10-2025-005005)
  • 2025-12-18 Stop the Russian nickel trade via Rotterdam (E-10-2025-005006)
  • 2025-12-17 Acquisitions of Notified Bodies by companies from third countries (E-10-2025-004986)
  • 2025-07-23 Exemption for temporary construction emissions and depositions for sustainable projects (P-10-2025-003051)
  • 2025-07-02 Ensuring that demand meets supply in the CO<sub>2</sub> storage market (E-10-2025-002712)
  • 2025-05-27 Increase in number of attacks with explosives in the Netherlands – Need for European action (E-10-2025-002111)
  • 2025-05-02 Apollo Vredestein workers fall victim to inadequate State aid rules (P-10-2025-001790)
  • 2025-03-17 Tackling barriers to collecting road traffic fines and parking charges from foreign motorists (E-10-2025-001123)
  • 2025-02-17 Crucial European blacklist of unruly airline passengers to ensure aviation safety (E-10-2025-000714)
  • 2024-09-27 European sanctions against Russia leave a loophole for imports back door open for imports of Russian liquefied gas (E-10-2024-001861)
  • 2024-09-26 The spread of bluetongue virus throughout the EU (E-10-2024-001845)
  • 2024-07-18 Rising Russian gas imports undermine European plans to become independent of Russian gas (E-10-2024-001376)

Questions for oral answer

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

Motions for resolutions

All 1, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2025-06-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Clean Industrial Deal (B-10-2025-0277)

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Tom BERENDSEN set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European People's Party 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 meanEPP meanNetherlands mean
Amendments14811.1 (lower)732.9 (lower)778.6 (lower)
Speeches2444.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)39.2 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)10.8 (higher)1.0 (equal)0.7 (higher)
Reports (Shadow)03.8 (lower)1.5 (lower)5.0 (lower)
Questions1339.7 (lower)21.4 (lower)35.8 (lower)
Motions119.6 (lower)23.1 (lower)19.1 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.7 (lower)0.5 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)12.7 (lower)1.3 (lower)2.9 (lower)
Explanations of Vote043.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)2.9 (lower)
Vote Participation98.2%86.3% (higher)86.1% (higher)92.0% (higher)

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