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Verena MERTENS

Germany Germany EPP – European People's Party Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands

Verena MERTENS is a Member of the European Parliament from Germany, representing Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands in the European People's Party (EPP) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Verena has submitted 307 amendments, delivered 13 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 1 as shadow rapporteur, asked 14 questions, and filed 4 motions. Vote participation stands at 87.3% (5178 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 307 811.1 -504 571st/743 66th/100 143rd/193
Speeches 13 44.4 -31 639th/743 77th/100 152nd/193
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 33rd/100 96th/193
Reports (Shadow) 1 3.8 -3 464th/743 59th/100 69th/193
Questions 14 39.7 -26 552nd/743 59th/100 107th/193
Motions 4 19.6 -16 380th/743 37th/100 88th/193
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 35th/100 70th/193
Opinions (Shadow) 1 2.7 -2 369th/743 40th/100 53rd/193
Explanations of Vote 2 43.0 -41 299th/743 33rd/100 63rd/193
Vote Participation 87.3% 86.3% – 457th/745 65th/101 122nd/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).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Member LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Substitute FEMM – Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Substitute AFET – Committee on Foreign Affairs

Delegations

Vice-Chair D-CL – Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee
Member DLAT – Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

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Committees and delegations

Verena MERTENS holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): Substitute, since 2026-07-03. Attended 1 of 1 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 5 of 31 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 18 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership

Delegations

  • Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (D-CL): Vice-Chair, since 2024-10-03
  • Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT): Member, since 2024-09-19

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2026-03-11 A10-0047/2026 REPORT on the importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU (FEMM, LIBE)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 1, most recent first.

  • 2025-03-05 FEMM_AD(2025)766976 OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) (FEMM)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Verena MERTENS has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/0227(COD): 106 amendments, latest 2026-05-26 (AFET)
    EP document title: OPINION on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Global Europe
  • 2024/0035(COD): 67 amendments, latest 2025-01-20 (FEMM)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)
  • 2025/0045(COD): 43 amendments, latest 2025-07-03 (JURI)
    EP document title: REPORT on the proposal 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
  • 2025/0360(COD): 20 amendments, latest 2026-07-27 (ITRE)
  • 2024/2125(INI): 18 amendments, latest 2025-04-30 (FEMM)
    EP document title: REPORT on the Gender Equality Strategy 2025

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

  • 2026-07-23 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (E-10-2026-003113)
  • 2026-07-13 Support for the development of sexual assault centres in the EU (E-10-2026-002872)
  • 2026-05-13 ME/CFS: assessing Horizon Europe funding, uptake gaps and the need for targeted EU research action (E-10-2026-001988)
  • 2026-05-06 Practical feasibility of labelling requirements for secondary and tertiary reusable packaging under Articles 12 and 15(8) PPWR (E-10-2026-001856)
  • 2026-05-06 Continuity of tertiary education for pregnant women and women with children (E-10-2026-001857)
  • 2026-03-25 Ensuring competition and strategic autonomy in the AI gigafactory supply chain (E-10-2026-001255)
  • 2026-01-14 Strengthening Europe’s printed circuit boards & electronics production (E-10-2026-000120)
  • 2025-06-04 Impact assessment of Directive (EU) 2024/3019 (E-10-2025-002227)
  • 2025-04-16 30th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet (E-10-2025-001550)
  • 2025-04-07 Information on the first-ever European-wide enquiry on the impact of social media on the well-being of young people (E-10-2025-001411)
  • 2024-11-12 (Re-)Categorisation of sheep wool as a renewable raw material (E-10-2024-002498)
  • 2024-09-19 Impact of climate policy on the employment rate in the mobility sector (E-10-2024-001770)
  • 2024-09-17 EU action in relation to migration pressure on the Canary Islands (P-10-2024-001727)

Questions for oral answer

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

  • 2026-04-17 The need for targeted criminal provisions on cyberbullying and online harassment and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address these issues (O-10-2026-000018)

Motions for resolutions

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

  • 2026-04-28 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment
  • 2026-04-27 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)
  • 2025-12-16 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania
  • 2025-07-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda an (B-10-2025-0318)

Written explanations of vote

All 2, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • Amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
  • European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Verena MERTENS set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the European People's Party group and of the Members from Germany. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanEPP meanGermany mean
Amendments307811.1 (lower)732.9 (lower)649.4 (lower)
Speeches1344.4 (lower)40.8 (lower)40.8 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)1.0 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)13.8 (lower)1.5 (lower)3.8 (lower)
Questions1439.7 (lower)21.4 (lower)27.2 (lower)
Motions419.6 (lower)23.1 (lower)14.0 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.7 (lower)0.6 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)12.7 (lower)1.3 (lower)2.5 (lower)
Explanations of Vote243.0 (lower)31.5 (lower)11.7 (lower)
Vote Participation87.3%86.3% (higher)86.1% (higher)87.7% (lower)

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