Verena Mertens

Final votes

The latest 10 of 620 final roll-call votes, newest first.

• Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung

  For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted

• Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro

  For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted

• An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector

  For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted

• Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya

  For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted

• Impact of social media and the online environment on young people

  For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted

• The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security

  For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted

• Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up

  For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted

• Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers

  For · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted

• The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders

  No vote recorded · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted

• Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries

  No vote recorded · 17 Sept 2026 · Result: Adopted

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Where they work

• Committee on Foreign Affairs

  Committee · Substitute

• Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

  Committee · Substitute

• Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

  Committee · Member

• Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee

  Joint parliamentary committee · Vice-chair

• Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

  Parliamentary assembly · Member

• Intergroup on Children’s Rights

  Intergroup / working group · Member

• Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural Routes

  Intergroup / working group · Member

• Intergroup on Mental Health

  Intergroup / working group · Member

• Intergroup on the Police

  Intergroup / working group · Member

Dossiers they work on

• Chemical submission: addressing its consequences on women's rights and safety in the EU

  Shadow rapporteur · Women’s Rights and Gender Equality committee · 7 Jul 2026

• Combating firearms trafficking and other firearms-related offences and amending Directive (EU) 2024/1260 of the European Parliament and of the Council

  Shadow rapporteur · Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee · 5 May 2026

• Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

  Shadow rapporteur · Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee · 11 Mar 2025

• FEMM opinion on Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) 2024/0035(COD)

  Shadow rapporteur · Women’s Rights and Gender Equality committee · 14 Jan 2025

Beyond votes

Topics they work on

Counted over the dossiers they speak on, lead or amend, and their questions and motions.

• Justice, rule of law & rights 7
• Climate & environment 6
• Digital, AI & data 6
• Economy & single market 6
• Jobs, social affairs & equality 6
• Foreign affairs 3
• Health 3
• EU budget & funds 2
• Agriculture, food & fisheries 1
• Energy 1
• Migration & asylum 1
• Trade & customs 1
• Transport & tourism 1