Angelika Werthmann

Angelika Werthmann (born 7 November 1963 in Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria) is a Member of the European Parliament since 2009, representing Hans-Peter Martin's List in Austria. Between 4 July 2012 and 7 April 2014 she was a member of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament.

Werthmann studied philology at the Paris-Lodron University in Salzburg and received the title ‘Mag. phil.’ at the end of her studies. From 1989 onwards, she worked in the education system and later on, among others, as translator and interpreter in specialised areas - economics, medicine and tourism.

During the European elections in 2009, Werthmann candidated with Hans Peter Martin and was placed on number three on his list. Martin, as well as the other three members of parliament did not belong to any groups in the European parliament. Media reports spoke about an alleged letter of renunciation presented to Werthmann, according to which she should waiver her parliamentary seat. However, Werthmann allegedly declined to sign the waiver. In July 2010, Werthmann left the delegation of Hans Peter Martin’s list after conflicts with Martin about the lack of transparency in the party’s finances.

On 5 July 2012, Werthmann joined the liberal group of the European Parliament. The Liberal Forum had planned on running for the European elections in 2014 with Werthmann as leading candidate. On 27 March, it was announced that Werthmann would candidate independently for the Alliance for the Future of Austria during European elections 2014 and consequently, she was excluded from the ALDE group. In turn, DDr. Ulrike Haider-Quercia stepped back from her top candidature and Werthmann stepped up and took her place as leading candidate for the independent "List Mag. Werthmann”. However, the Alliance for the Future of Austria was not re-elected into parliament during European elections held on the 25 May 2014.

Werthmann is a member of the committee of petitions, the budget committee and part of the delegation for the relationship with south-Asian countries. Additionally, she is also a representative member of the committee for female rights and gender equality. Further, she drafted two reports and was involved as shadow rapporteur for nine other reports. In addition, she wrote 27 opinions and 37 (joint) motions for resolution. In the course of the seventh legislative period, she put forth 616 parliamentary questions to the European Commission, the European Council and the High Representative.

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