[citation needed] During the European elections in 2009, Werthmann candidated with Hans Peter Martin and was placed on number three on his list.
Media reports spoke about an alleged letter of renunciation presented to Werthmann, according to which she should waiver her parliamentary seat.
[3] On 27 March, it was announced that Werthmann would candidate independently for the Alliance for the Future of Austria during European elections 2014[4] and consequently, she was excluded from the ALDE group.
Concerning her work in the budget committee,[10] Angelika Werthmann's main focus is in the areas economics, financial investments to reduce joblessness, education and mobility, lifelong learning, health and the European globalisation adjustment fund.
"[15] Angelika Werthmann also worked as shadow rapporteur for the 2015 budget and she was the first MEP to successfully put forth an amendment, which addressed the situation of jobless people of the generation 50+, in the plenary.
[16] In her position as a member of the committee of petitions,[17] Werthmann takes a stand for the human rights situation of many petitioners, Austrian and European alike.
Her main focus lies on children, adolescents, visually impaired persons, people affected by "Ley de Costas" and environmental issues.
In June 2013, Werthmann was leader of the delegation to Copenhagen, whose results were published in the "working document on the fact-finding visit to Denmark from 20th – 21st June 2013"[19] The goal of this fact-finding visit was to gather facts and to listen to all concerned parties, including the petitioners, about their experiences with Danish administrative, political and judicial authorities that where in charge of cases touching subjects such as children's safekeeping, custody, child care, child kidnapping.
All information had been brought to the attention of the committee of petitions by (former) partners/spouses of Danish citizens and the violation of basic, human, children's and female rights can be traced back to the "Parental Responsibility Act."
During the event, which had been organised by "United Against Female Genital Mutilation", many high-ranking politicians, among others Angelika Werthmann, spoke up against this inhuman practise.