Cika wannan jumla: An zabi Turmes a matsayin dan majalisar Turai a zaben Turai na 1999. A majalisar, ya fara aiki a kwamitin kula da kasafin kudi kafin ya shiga kwamitin masana'antu, bincike da makamashi a 2002. A wannan matsayin, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da rahoto a kan shirin 2008 na &lt;a href="EU%20Renewable%20Energy%20Directive%202009/28/EC"&gt; EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC&lt;/a&gt; da kuma EU Energy Efficiency Directive 2012. Tsakanin 2007 da 2008, ya kasance memba na kwamitin wucin gadi kan Canjin Yanayi. Ya kuma wakilci majalisar a taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Canjin Yanayi na 2008 a Poznań, da kuma
Taron Canjin Yanayi na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na 2016 a Marrakesh.