Member of the European Parliament,2009–present
In the 2009 elections,Verheyen was elected to the European Parliament. She has since served as a member of the Committee on Culture and Education;since 2019,she has been its chairwoman. On the committee,Verheyen serves as the European People's Party Group’s coordinator from 2014 until 2019. Alongside Petra Kammerevert,she was selected in 2016 as co-rapporteur on the audio-visual media services directive,which sought to introduce levies and cultural quotas on services like Netflix. [5] In 2020,she also joined the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union. [6]
In addition to her committee assignments,Verheyen is a member of the Parliament's delegation for relations with South Africa. Between 2009 and 2014,she also served as a substitute member on the Committee on Regional Development and the Delegation for relations with Iran. [2] She is also a member of the European Internet Forum, [7] the European Parliament Intergroup on the Digital Agenda [8] and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights. [9]
In October 2021,Verheyen was elected as one of five deputies of Hendrik Wüst as chair of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia. [10]
Verheyen was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022. [11]
In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the CDU and Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections,Verheyen led her party’s delegation in the working group on cultural affairs,media and sports. [12]
