Hildegard BENTELE

🇩🇪 Germany· European People's Party (EPP)·Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands·Rank #447 by amendments·2 terms: 9th, 10th

Most active on Establishment of European Business Wallets; Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials; Global Europe. 2,043 amendments across 87 dossiers in 11 committees over 2 terms since 2019.

2,043

Amendments

committee, 2 terms

1,601

Co-signed

tabled with other Members · 78% of total

442

Solo

tabled alone

Procedures

11 committees

Amendment record

Career across terms

9th · 10th

10th

2024–now

European People's Party (EPP)·10 procedures·8 committees

746

amend.

9th

2019–2024

European People's Party (EPP)·66 procedures·7 committees

1,297

amend.

By committee

937

531

248

110

AFET / DEVE

DEVE / ENVI / ITRE

CJ05

ITRE / CULT

In plenary

Votes

Plenary roll-call record

97.8%votes with own group·of 5,567 roll-calls held10th term

10th85.1% participation·of 5,567 roll-calls held·97.8% withEPP

9th89.9% participation·of 19,277 roll-calls held·96.7% withEPP

Roll-call votes since July 2019 · HowTheyVote.eu / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Key votes — against the group line

text-deciding & knife-edge roll-calls

27 Nov 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process

25 Nov 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget

13 Nov 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process

9 Oct 2025Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Second World Summit for Social Development

8 Oct 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

10 Sep 2025Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

The role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis

9 Sep 2025Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Ukraine

2 Apr 2025Close voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024

And 12 more on covered votes.

Covered votes = the text-deciding and knife-edge roll-calls this site tracks; a group’s line is the majority of its expressed votes. Individual positions: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL). Breaking the line is a fact, not a grade.

Network & subjects

Works most with

Christian EHLER

shared 414 amendments

Pernille WEISS

shared 375 amendments

Angelika NIEBLER

shared 345 amendments

Jens GIESEKE

shared 238 amendments

Matej TONIN

shared 198 amendments

Sara SKYTTEDAL

shared 176 amendments

Marion WALSMANN

shared 168 amendments

Andrea WECHSLER

shared 159 amendments

Excludes mass amendments with more than 12 co-authors.

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Mandate

Roles & memberships

10th term · dated, from the official record

Committees

MemberDEVE — Development19 Jul 2024 → 22 Jul 2024
SubstituteENVI — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety19 Jul 2024 → 19 Jan 2025
MemberITRE — Industry, Research and Energy19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
Vice-ChairDEVE — Development23 Jul 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteENVI — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety20 Jan 2025 → 18 May 2026
SubstituteENVI — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety3 Jul 2026 → ongoing

Delegations

SubstituteD-IL — Delegation for relations with Israel19 Sep 2024 → 23 Oct 2024
SubstituteD-ME — Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
MemberD-TR — Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee19 Sep 2024 → 23 Oct 2024
MemberD-IL — Delegation for relations with Israel24 Oct 2024 → 3 Feb 2025
ChairD-IL — Delegation for relations with Israel4 Feb 2025 → ongoing
SubstituteDPAL — Delegation for relations with Palestine13 Jan 2026 → ongoing