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.