Liesbet SOMMEN

🇧🇪 Belgium· European People's Party (EPP)·Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams·Rank #1326 by amendments·1 term: 10th

Most active on Implementation of the Council Recommendation of 30 October 2020 on A Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee and replacing the Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee; Gender Equality Strategy 2025; Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work. 638 amendments across 26 dossiers in 7 committees over 1 term since 2024.

638

Amendments

committee amendments

613

Co-signed

tabled with other Members · 96% of total

Solo

tabled alone

Procedures

7 committees

Amendment record

By committee

349

103

102

EMPL / FEMM

EMPL / SANT

CJ53

CJ46

DEVE / ENVI

SEDE / ENVI / ITRE

In plenary

Votes

Plenary roll-call record

94.3%votes with own group·of 5,567 roll-calls held10th term

10th95.6% participation·of 5,567 roll-calls held·94.3% 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

17 Jun 2026Main voteClose voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Amending Directive (EU) 2020/262 as regards the general arrangements for excise duty in respect of tobacco and tobacco related products

17 Jun 2026Main voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

17 Jun 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

17 Jun 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

17 Jun 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

17 Jun 2026Close voteVoted Againstgroup line: For

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

29 Apr 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products (Omnibus VI)

29 Apr 2026Close voteVoted Forgroup line: Against

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Parliament

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

Martine KEMP

shared 217 amendments

Giusi PRINCI

shared 189 amendments

Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

shared 182 amendments

Eleonora MELETI

shared 154 amendments

Sérgio HUMBERTO

shared 148 amendments

Pascal ARIMONT

shared 132 amendments

Romana TOMC

shared 118 amendments

Maria WALSH

shared 103 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

MemberEMPL — Employment and Social Affairs19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteENVI — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety19 Jul 2024 → 19 Jan 2025
SubstituteFEMM — Women's Rights and Gender Equality19 Jul 2024 → ongoing
SubstituteENVI — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety20 Jan 2025 → ongoing
SubstituteSANT — Public Health23 Jan 2025 → ongoing

Delegations

MemberD-BY — Delegation for relations with Belarus19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
MemberDASE — Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)19 Sep 2024 → 6 Oct 2024
MemberDEEA — Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee19 Sep 2024 → ongoing
MemberDEPA — Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly19 Sep 2024 → ongoing