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Verena MERTENS

Verena MERTENS

🇩🇪 Germany· European People's Party (EPP)·Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands·Rank #1711 by amendments·1 term: 10th

Most active on Global Europe; Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material. Recast; Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements (Omnibus I). 297 amendments across 10 dossiers in 3 committees over 1 term since 2024.

297
Amendments
committee amendments
177
Co-signed
tabled with other Members · 60% of total
120
Solo
tabled alone
10
Procedures
3 committees
Amendment record

By committee

106
LIBE / FEMM
17
In plenary

Votes

Plenary roll-call record
98.5%votes with own group·of 5,567 roll-calls held10th term
10th87.5% participation·of 5,567 roll-calls held·98.5% withEPP

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

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text-deciding & knife-edge roll-calls

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Mandate

Roles & memberships

10th term · dated, from the official record

Committees

  • SubstituteCONT — Budgetary Control19 Jul 202421 Jan 2025
  • SubstituteFEMM — Women's Rights and Gender Equality19 Jul 2024ongoing
  • MemberLIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs19 Jul 2024ongoing
  • SubstituteAFET — Foreign Affairs3 Jul 2026ongoing

Delegations

  • MemberD-CL — Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee19 Sep 20242 Oct 2024
  • MemberDLAT — Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly19 Sep 2024ongoing
  • Vice-ChairD-CL — Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee3 Oct 2024ongoing
Full record

All their amendments, by procedure

10 procedures · sorted by count

The complete record: open any procedure to read every amendment in full text — or download the whole list.

By subject
Global Europe
2025/0227(COD)·CJ1910th·26 May 2026
106
amendments
67
amendments
67 solo
Gender Equality Strategy 2025
2024/2125(INI)·FEMM10th·30 Apr 2025
18
amendments
18 solo
Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU
2025/2040(INI)·LIBE / FEMM10th·23 Jul 2025
17
amendments
17 solo
Impact of social media and the online environment on young people
2025/2081(INI)·LIBE10th·20 Oct 2025
10
amendments
10 solo
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