Portrait of Verena Mertens
Member profile · European Parliament

Verena Mertens

Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural Routes
Member state
Germany
Place of birth
Salzkotten
Member of the EP since
2024
Committee
Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee · Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Substitute committee
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Delegations
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
Voting record · 10th term
550
Final votes
roll-call recorded
85.6%
Turnout
471 of 550 voted
3
Excused days of absence
sitting days on which Parliament officially excused the absence
0
Vote corrections
submitted to the record afterwards
1.9%
Dissent rate
9 of 471 votes
EPP
Closest group
98% agreement
Visualisations

Vote distribution

How Mertens voted in the 550 recorded final votes.

For: 420Abstention: 3Against: 48Excused: 26Did not vote: 5385.6%Turnout
For42076.4%
Abstention30.5%
Against488.7%
Excused 3 days264.7%
Did not vote539.6%

Closeness to the groups

Share of votes in which Mertens voted with the majority of the respective group. Most often aligned with Group of the European People's Party.

0255075100EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 98.1 %98.1 %RenewRenew Europe: 91.9 %91.9 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 86.4 %86.4 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 75.2 %75.2 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 69.0 %69.0 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 46.3 %46.3 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 42.5 %42.5 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 24.8 %24.8 %

Joint approval

Of Mertens's votes in favour, the share where the respective group majority also voted in favour — constructive agreement, excluding joint opposition. Most often jointly in favour with Group of the European People's Party.

0255075100EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 100.0 %100.0 %RenewRenew Europe: 96.2 %96.2 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 93.3 %93.3 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 81.2 %81.2 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 73.8 %73.8 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 50.0 %50.0 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 44.3 %44.3 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 24.5 %24.5 %

On the winning side

How often Mertens’s vote matches the outcome — For on adopted, Against on rejected files. Abstentions count for neither side.

93.4% on the winning side437 of 468 votes
Votes For → file adopted 416 / 420 · 99 %
Votes Against → file rejected 21 / 48 · 44 %

Turnout & behaviour over time

One column per session week, height = number of votes, segments by position (For · Abstention · Against · did not vote).

Juli · Straßburg · 16.07. – 19.07. · 1 votes · 100% Turnout2024September · Straßburg · 16.09. – 19.09. · 8 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 07.10. – 10.10. · 3 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 21.10. – 24.10. · 9 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 13.11. – 14.11. · 4 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember III · Straßburg · 25.11. – 28.11. · 19 votes · 100% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 16.12. – 19.12. · 16 votes · 100% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 20.01. – 23.01. · 6 votes · 100% Turnout2025Februar · Straßburg · 10.02. – 13.02. · 9 votes · 78% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 10.03. – 13.03. · 13 votes · 77% TurnoutMärz II · Straßburg · 31.03. – 03.04. · 18 votes · 100% TurnoutMai I · Straßburg · 05.05. – 08.05. · 32 votes · 59% TurnoutMai II · Brüssel · 21.05. – 22.05. · 6 votes · 100% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 16.06. – 19.06. · 20 votes · 70% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 07.07. – 10.07. · 27 votes · 100% TurnoutSeptember · Straßburg · 08.09. – 11.09. · 29 votes · 72% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 06.10. – 09.10. · 24 votes · 42% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 20.10. – 23.10. · 17 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 12.11. – 13.11. · 12 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember II · Straßburg · 24.11. – 27.11. · 34 votes · 97% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 15.12. – 18.12. · 25 votes · 100% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 19.01. – 22.01. · 20 votes · 100% Turnout2026Februar I · Straßburg · 09.02. – 12.02. · 26 votes · 0% TurnoutFebruar II · Brüssel · 24.02. · 1 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 09.03. – 12.03. · 27 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz II · Brüssel · 25.03. – 26.03. · 12 votes · 100% TurnoutApril · Straßburg · 27.04. – 30.04. · 49 votes · 98% TurnoutMai · Straßburg · 18.05. – 21.05. · 21 votes · 86% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 15.06. – 18.06. · 33 votes · 100% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 06.07. – 09.07. · 29 votes · 93% Turnout
Plenary speeches
13
Speeches
of which 0 procedural
18
Speaking time (min)
avg. 1.4 min per speech
622
Rank (speeches)
of 738 Members

Language spoken: German (13)

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