# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/verena-mertens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:13:02.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/verena-mertens"
name: "Verena Mertens"
slug: "verena-mertens"
description: "Verena Mertens is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since the 2024 European elections."
tagline: "German politician (CDU), MEP (born 1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1718282080122_20240612_MERTENS_Verena_DE_013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1981-11-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.75
  momentum:             0.46875
  historical:           5.476314666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/verena_mertens_pb/"
    handle:    "verena_mertens_pb"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/verena.mertens.owl"
    handle:    "verena.mertens.owl"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/verena-mertens-474815272/"
    handle:    "verena-mertens-474815272"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.verena-mertens.de/"
sources:
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Mertens"
    title: "Verena Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Mertens"
    title: "Verena Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Mertens"
    title: "Verena Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Mertens"
    title: "Verena Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Mertens"
    title: "Verena Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_Mertens"
    title: "Verena Mertens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126489048"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump