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As of 22 Oct 2026, Ilhan KYUCHYUK is a Bulgaria MEP in Renew Europe (Renew); WheresMyMEP records 90% roll-call attendance, 188 notable vote records, 20 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €0–€0/year (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

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Ilhan KYUCHYUK

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Renew · Bulgaria

Движение за права и свободи (Movement for Rights and Freedoms)

90% attendance
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90%
Attendance · last 180 days
#404 of 717 on the leaderboard
1418
Votes Participated
10th Term
2024 – 2029

Attendance by month

EP · roll-call · last 180 days

Credited roll-call participation in each calendar month of the current 180-day window of the 10th term, from the same per-sitting counts as the headline figure. Officially excused sittings (Rule 162) are removed from that month's denominator — a gap in the line is a fully excused month. The dashed line is the mean of ranked MEPs' monthly rates. How this is calculated

Ilhan KYUCHYUK monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510097.0%98.8%97.5%64.4%97.1%May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Sept ’26Oct ’26

Missed votes by sitting

EP · attendance register · last 180 days

Every plenary sitting day on which this MEP missed at least one roll-call vote, newest first. “Officially excused” means the Parliament's own record excuses the absence; those sittings are already credited in the figure above. Links open the Parliament's record for that day. How this works

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Voting Record

Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026

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22 Oct 2026Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Bla…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strength…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
21 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modif…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED

Voting against the party line

Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Ilhan KYUCHYUK voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from Renew majority

4.5% (8 of 176)

The Renew average on the same method is 7.2%. Counted only when Ilhan KYUCHYUK cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

11.5% (17 of 148)

Движение за права и свободи (Movement for Rights and Freedoms) · 3 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
8 Jul 2026

The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality

Ilhan KYUCHYUK voted Abstain; 99% of voting Renew members (73 of 74) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
17 Jun 2026

2025 Commission report on Türkiye

Ilhan KYUCHYUK voted Abstain; 94% of voting Renew members (66 of 70) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
17 Jun 2026

General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products

Ilhan KYUCHYUK voted For; 77% of voting Renew members (55 of 71) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
17 Jun 2026

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)

Ilhan KYUCHYUK voted For; 77% of voting Renew members (55 of 71) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
17 Jun 2026

EU-Pakistan Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV

Ilhan KYUCHYUK voted Abstain; 71% of voting Renew members (20 of 28) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
8 Jul 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize NK603 × T25

Ilhan KYUCHYUK voted For; 55% of voting Renew members (41 of 74) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
17 Jun 2026

Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)

Ilhan KYUCHYUK voted Abstain; 53% of voting Renew members (37 of 70) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
8 Jul 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP202216 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 and its sub-combinations DP 202216 x NK603, DP202216 x DAS-40278-9

Ilhan KYUCHYUK voted For; 49% of voting Renew members (33 of 68) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For

Source: HowTheyVote.eu export of European Parliament roll-call results. This is a count of recorded positions, not a judgment of motive. How this is calculated · Who breaks with their group most often

Vote predictions

Vote model

Computed from Ilhan KYUCHYUK’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

90% accurate on 5,744 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

EU agri-food promotion policy

2026-11-12 · Renew Europe (Renew) voted For in 63% of 205 agriculture votes

For likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · Renew Europe (Renew) voted For in 87% of 494 digital votes

For likely

From prototypes to capabilities – enabling new defence actors to scale up

2026-11-12 · Renew Europe (Renew) voted For in 61% of 578 defence votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • climateFor 79% of 14
  • tradeFor 90% of 10
  • foreignFor 100% of 9
  • employmentFor 89% of 9
  • transportFor 88% of 8
  • defenceFor 63% of 8
  • economyFor 100% of 8
  • digitalFor 86% of 7
  • rule of lawFor 100% of 7
  • fisheriesFor 83% of 6
  • healthFor 100% of 4
  • budgetFor 100% of 4
  • energyFor 67% of 3
  • agricultureFor 67% of 3

Votes Ilhan missed, how they would likely have voted

The cases of Ali Karimli, Anar Mammadli and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan

2026-10-08

For · 95%

100% of 67 Renew Europe (Renew) MEPs voted For · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries

2026-09-17

For · 95%

93% of 57 Renew Europe (Renew) MEPs voted For · voted For in 100% of 4 health votes · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders

2026-09-17

Against · 64%

49% of 63 Renew Europe (Renew) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers

2026-09-17

For · 95%

100% of 67 Renew Europe (Renew) MEPs voted For · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up

2026-09-17

For · 95%

88% of 65 Renew Europe (Renew) MEPs voted For · voted For in 83% of 6 fisheries votes · voted For in 70% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Ilhan KYUCHYUK was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.

Rapporteur · 15

Writes the lead committee's report. Legislative files first, then own-initiative reports.

  • Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law

    2025/0244(NLE) ↗ · JURI · appointed 7 Apr 2026

    Voted for on this file · 8 Jul 2026

  • Authorising Member States to accept, in the interests of the European Union, the accession of Cabo Verde to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

    2026/0041(NLE) ↗ · JURI · appointed 24 Feb 2026

  • Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part

    2024/0260(NLE) ↗ · AFET · appointed 13 May 2025

    Voted for on this file · 20 May 2026

  • Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings to replace its Annexes A and B

    2025/0023(COD) ↗ · JURI · appointed 18 Feb 2025

  • Request for the waiver of the immunity of Matej Tonin

    2026/2030(IMM) ↗ · JURI · appointed 15 Jul 2026

  • Request for the waiver of the immunity of Elisabetta Gualmini

    2025/2063(IMM) ↗ · JURI · appointed 3 Dec 2025

  • Proposing the appointment of Maria Berger to the panel set up under Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

    2025/2223(INS) ↗ · JURI · appointed 23 Sep 2025

  • Request for the waiver of the immunity of Péter Magyar

    2025/2096(IMM) ↗ · JURI · appointed 23 Sep 2025

  • Request for the waiver of the immunity of Péter Magyar

    2024/2101(IMM) ↗ · JURI · appointed 23 Sep 2025

  • Request for the waiver of the immunity of Ilaria Salis

    2024/2086(IMM) ↗ · JURI · appointed 23 Sep 2025

  • Request for the waiver of the immunity of Klára Dobrev

    2024/2042(IMM) ↗ · JURI · appointed 23 Sep 2025

  • Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikola Minchev

    2025/2100(IMM) ↗ · JURI · appointed 4 Jun 2025

  • Request for the waiver of the immunity of Salvatore De Meo

    2025/2098(IMM) ↗ · JURI · appointed 4 Jun 2025

  • Verification of credentials

    2024/2100(REG) ↗ · JURI · appointed 5 Sep 2024

  • General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections

    2025/0210(BUD) ↗ · JURI · appointed 24 Jul 2024

Opinion rapporteur · 8

Writes another committee's opinion for the lead committee.

  • The Commission’s Rule of Law report – annual report 2026

    2026/2144(INI) ↗ · JURI · appointed 7 Sep 2026

  • Discharge 2025: General budget of the EU - Court of Justice of the European Union

    2026/2082(DEC) ↗ · JURI · appointed 15 Jul 2026

  • General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections

    2026/0196(BUD) ↗ · JURI · appointed 3 Jun 2026

    Voted for on this file · 21 Oct 2026

  • The Institutional Framework of the European Union and its interaction with national authorities in the application of Union law, with particular reference to Article 19 TEU

    2025/2263(INI) ↗ · JURI · appointed 3 Dec 2025

  • Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Court of Justice of the European Union

    2025/2148(DEC) ↗ · JURI · appointed 3 Dec 2025

  • The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

    2024/2078(INI) ↗ · JURI · appointed 5 Dec 2024

  • 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Court of Justice of the European Union

    2024/2022(DEC) ↗ · JURI · appointed 5 Sep 2024

  • General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 - all sections

    2024/0176(BUD) ↗ · JURI · appointed 5 Sep 2024

Shadow rapporteur · 3

Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025

    2025/2239(INI) ↗ · appointed 21 Nov 2025

Dates are appointment dates. The Parliament’s data doesn’t mark rapporteurs who were later replaced, so a role listed here may have ended; the linked Legislative Observatory (OEIL) file is the authoritative record. Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · data as of 31 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP

Estimated outside income

€0–0/year

Based on declared income bands

0 declared activities

1 board membership

MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF THE LIBERAL INTEGRATION FOUNDATIONUnpaidBoard

Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026

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Events and gifts declared to the Parliament

Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · self-declared · weekly

These lists link to declarations Ilhan KYUCHYUK made to the European Parliament. They are self-declared by the MEP, and the linked EP document is the authoritative record. Having no declarations does not mean having no events: events paid for by EU institutions or bodies, national governments or political parties do not have to be declared, and a declaration can be missing or filed late.

Events paid for by third parties (self-declared)

No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Ilhan KYUCHYUK's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

No entries for this MEP in the Parliament's register of gifts ↗ for this term.

Source: European Parliament website (MEP declarations; Register of gifts) · declarations retrieved 30 Sept 2026 · register retrieved 30 Sept 2026. What is listed

Recent Lobby Meetings

Most recent meetings disclosed on the EU Transparency Register. These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily
14 Oct 2026Chief Negotiator of the Republic of KosovoEU - Kosovo relationship · Member
14 Oct 2026Mistral AIEuropean AI development · Member
13 Oct 2026INTA Europe (International Trademark Association)20th Anniversary of INTA Brussels · Member
6 Oct 2026Ambassador - Head of Mission of Montenegro to the European UnionAccession of Montenegro · Member
6 Oct 2026Hermitage Capital ManagementEU Magnitsky Sanctions · Member
5 Oct 2026Council of Bars and Law Societies of EuropeIndependence of the ECJ · Member
5 Oct 2026Hanbury Strategy and Communications LimitedKids Act · Member
30 Sept 2026Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco30th Anniversary of the Association Agreement between The Kingdom of Morocco and…
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None of Ilhan KYUCHYUK’s recent declarations named a legislative file we could match with confidence. A meeting is listed on a file only when the declaration names that procedure (a reference such as 2025/0241(COD), or a title that uniquely matches one file).

Parliamentary questions

Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · open data · updated daily
25written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 23 · Priority 2 · 4 co-authored

Not in this count: 5 oral questions

Latest 10

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  • 21 Jan 2026Accession of Montenegro to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial MattersOral question O-000002/2026To the CommissionQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 21 Jan 2026Accession of the Republic of Albania to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial MattersOral question O-000001/2026To the CommissionQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 13 May 2025The United Kingdom’s accession to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial MattersOral question O-000016/2025To the CommissionQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 18 Feb 2025Adoption of the proposal for a Parenthood RegulationOral question O-000005/2025To the CommissionQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 18 Feb 2025Adoption of the proposal for a parenthood regulationOral question O-000004/2025To the CouncilQuestion ↗PDF ↗

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 31 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 26 Oct 2026. The Parliament publishes a question about one to two weeks after it is tabled, so the newest may not be listed yet. What is counted

About Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Ilhan Kyuchyuk is a Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria, belonging to Renew Europe (Renew), the liberal and centrist group, and to the Movement for Rights and Freedoms. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), the MEP has been Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs since 23 July 2024 and a Member of the Bureau of the Renew Europe Group since 16 July 2024. Kyuchyuk also served in the 8th and 9th terms, including as Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee from 26 September 2019 to 15 July 2024. Since 2015, Kyuchyuk has been Vice-President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). In 2013–2014, Kyuchyuk was Parliamentary secretary at the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria.

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Summary grounded in cited sources

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Methodology

Attendance is calculated based on roll-call votes in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. Committee votes are excluded. Abstaining counts as present; not voting counts as absent. Sittings for which the Parliament officially excused a Member (Rule 162: illness, serious family reasons, official mission, or pregnancy and maternity leave, which the Parliament excuses for three months before and six months after a birth) are credited, not counted as absences. We credit only what the Parliament's own record shows: the “excused” list in each sitting's minutes, or leave documented in another official Parliament document. An absence the Parliament has not recorded as excused counts as an absence, even if leave has been reported in the press. Notable votes are selected based on significance, close outcomes, and high participation.

Some attendance figures carry a context note, such as maternity or parental leave, illness or an official mission. Each note cites a press or official report, with its source and date, and is reviewed by us before it appears. Context notes never change the attendance figure. MEPs who missed every sitting of an entire plenary session are checked by a person before they appear in any bottom-of-ranking list. Full attendance methodology →