Attendance by month
EP · roll-call · last 180 daysCredited 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
Missed votes by sitting
EP · attendance register · last 180 daysEvery 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
- Thu, 22 Oct 2026Missed 3 of 76 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 21 Oct 2026Missed 14 of 152 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Thu, 8 Oct 2026Missed 4 of 145 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 7 Oct 2026Missed 4 of 54 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Mon, 5 Oct 2026Missed the 1 voteNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Thu, 17 Sept 2026Missed 3 of 124 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 16 Sept 2026Missed 4 of 80 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Tue, 15 Sept 2026Missed 65 of 155 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Thu, 9 Jul 2026Missed 2 of 67 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 8 Jul 2026Missed 38 of 144 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
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- Thu, 18 Jun 2026Missed all 77 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 17 Jun 2026Missed 3 of 127 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Thu, 21 May 2026Missed 1 of 98 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 20 May 2026Missed 6 of 96 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Thu, 30 Apr 2026Missed 15 of 68 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Wed, 29 Apr 2026Missed 8 of 296 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
- Tue, 28 Apr 2026Missed 5 of 225 votesNot excusedAttendance register ↗Roll-call votes ↗
Voting Record
Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026
Voting against the party line
Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Kristian VIGENIN voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.
Different from S&D majority
4.1% (9 of 220)
The S&D average on the same method is 4.5%. Counted only when Kristian VIGENIN cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.
Different from national-party majority
0.0% (0 of 210)
Българска социалистическа партия (Bulgarian Socialist Party) · 2 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.
Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security
Kristian VIGENIN voted Abstain; 95% of voting S&D members (106 of 111) voted For.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗EU–Mexico Interim Agreement on Trade
Kristian VIGENIN voted Abstain; 83% of voting S&D members (105 of 126) voted For.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)
Kristian VIGENIN voted Abstain; 80% of voting S&D members (102 of 127) voted For.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed
Kristian VIGENIN voted For; 73% of voting S&D members (90 of 124) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse
Kristian VIGENIN voted Against; 65% of voting S&D members (80 of 124) voted For.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive
Kristian VIGENIN voted For; 62% of voting S&D members (62 of 100) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive
Kristian VIGENIN voted For; 59% of voting S&D members (63 of 106) voted Against.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗Recommendation on EU-China political relations
Kristian VIGENIN voted Against; 51% of voting S&D members (63 of 124) voted Abstain.
EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗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 modelComputed from Kristian VIGENIN’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.
90% accurate on 5,752 held-out votes
Coming up in plenary, early prediction
EU agri-food promotion policy
2026-11-12 · Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) voted For in 75% of 582 agriculture votes
Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration
2026-11-12 · Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) voted For in 93% of 1304 digital votes
From prototypes to capabilities – enabling new defence actors to scale up
2026-11-12 · Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) voted For in 61% of 997 defence votes
Predicted stance by topic
- climateFor 93% of 14
- budgetFor 93% of 14
- digitalFor 91% of 11
- tradeFor 82% of 11
- economyFor 73% of 11
- employmentFor 100% of 11
- rule of lawFor 100% of 9
- fisheriesFor 88% of 8
- transportFor 100% of 8
- foreignFor 86% of 7
- defenceFor 57% of 7
- healthFor 67% of 6
- agricultureFor 80% of 5
- migrationFor 50% of 4
- justiceFor 100% of 4
- institutionalFor 100% of 4
- energyFor 67% of 3
Votes Kristian missed, how they would likely have voted
Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations
2026-10-22
89% of 102 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 93% of 14 climate votes · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes
Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council
2026-10-21
98% of 126 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 93% of 14 budget votes · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes
The 2026 undemocratic elections to the Russian State Duma and its implications on civil society
2026-10-08
100% of 99 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 86% of 7 foreign votes · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes
Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung
2026-09-17
100% of 106 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes
Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure
2026-09-16
95% of 128 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) MEPs voted For · voted For in 57% of 7 defence votes · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes
Rapporteur files
Files in the 2024–2029 term where Kristian VIGENIN 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 · 1
Writes the lead committee's report. Legislative files first, then own-initiative reports.
Amending Directives 2014/65/EU and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplifying measures
2025/0131(COD) ↗ · LIBE · appointed 24 Jun 2025
Opinion rapporteur · 1
Writes another committee's opinion for the lead committee.
Cloud and AI Development Act
2026/0138(COD) ↗ · LIBE · appointed 19 Oct 2026
Shadow rapporteur · 10
Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.
Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of operational personal data by Union bodies, offices and agencies in the fields of judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation
2026/0173(COD) ↗ · appointed 30 Sep 2026
Establishing the Union support for internal security for the period from 2028 to 2034
2025/0542(COD) ↗ · appointed 26 Jan 2026
Amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
2025/0359(COD) ↗ · appointed 23 Jan 2026
Amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
2025/0531(COD) ↗ · appointed 15 Dec 2025
Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects
2025/0172(COD) ↗ · appointed 5 Nov 2025
Amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2016/1036, (EU) 2016/1037, (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/573 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures
2025/0130(COD) ↗ · appointed 24 Sep 2025
Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on cooperation with and through the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the Federal Police of Brazil
2024/0321(NLE) ↗ · appointed 12 May 2025
Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process
2025/2042(INI) ↗ · appointed 18 Feb 2025
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Laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679
2023/0202(COD) ↗ · appointed 30 Sep 2024
Information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union
2022/0084(COD) ↗ · appointed 30 Sep 2024
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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.
Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities
2025/0555(COD) ↗ · appointed 19 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 24 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
Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026
View original declaration on europarl.europa.eu →Events and gifts declared to the Parliament
Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)
These lists link to declarations Kristian VIGENIN 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 Kristian VIGENIN'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
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.
No lobby meetings recorded for Kristian VIGENIN on the EU Transparency Register.
Parliamentary questions
Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)
Written 14 · Priority 1 · 8 co-authored
Not in this count: 3 oral questions
Latest 10
- 21 Sept 2026Systematic destruction of books by AI companiesWritten question E-003768/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 30Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
- 14 Sept 2026Circular Economy Act: regulatory barriers to secondary raw materialsWritten question E-003654/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 29Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
- 10 Jun 2026Potential conflict of interest in the appointment of the Special Envoy for Industrial AIPriority question P-002401/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 37Answered 13 Aug 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 22 Jan 2026Practical difficulties caused by tethered bottle caps introduced under the Single-Use Plastics DirectiveWritten question E-000259/2026To the CommissionAnswered 10 Apr 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 22 Jan 2026AI companion chatbots: protecting minors under EU lawWritten question E-000256/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 27Answered 18 Mar 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 14 Jan 2026Big Tech lobby attack on the EU’s transparency and targeting of political advertising rulesWritten question E-000158/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 24Answered 27 Mar 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 17 Sept 2025Possible discriminatory tendering practices for medical gloves and their impact on EU health preparednessWritten question E-003589/2025To the CommissionAnswered 2 Dec 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 20 May 2025Stage of implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/1438 on the labelling and traceability of honey, and support for the EU apiculture sectorWritten question E-002026/2025To the CommissionAnswered 1 Aug 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 20 May 2025Direct support schemes for bee-keeping under the CAP: access to finance and inclusion of the industry in strategic planningWritten question E-002025/2025To the CommissionAnswered 8 Jul 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 20 May 2025Protecting bees from harmful pesticides and promoting sustainable agriculture in the EUWritten question E-002020/2025To the CommissionAnswered 30 Jul 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
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- 9 Apr 2025Management of infectious diseases in livestock and breeding animalsWritten question E-001444/2025To the CommissionAnswered 6 Aug 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 10 Feb 2025Use of Paragon Solutions spyware against journalists and civil society representativesWritten question E-000600/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 14Answered 11 Apr 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 13 Dec 2024Mercury levels in tuna and their potential risks to public healthWritten question E-002929/2024To the Commissionco-authored with 5Answered 4 Mar 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 11 Nov 2024Continued availability of operating grants under the 2025 EU4Health work programmeWritten question E-002488/2024To the Commissionco-authored with 28Answered 20 Jan 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
- 28 Oct 2024Imbalance of staff representationWritten question E-002283/2024To the Vice-President / High RepresentativeAnswered 7 Jan 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
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- 11 Mar 2026Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sectorOral question O-000014/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 42Question ↗PDF ↗
- 5 Feb 2026When and how will the Commission deliver on its commitment to revise the EU’s animal welfare legislation?Oral question O-000006/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
- 24 Sept 2025Fur farming and the placing of farmed fur products on the marketOral question O-000034/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 40Question ↗PDF ↗
Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 24 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 20 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 Kristian VIGENIN
Kristian Vigenin is a Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria, belonging to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the centre-left group, and the Bulgarian Socialist Party. Vigenin's current term is the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), following earlier terms in the 6th and 7th. In the 6th term, the sources list a role as Vice-Chair of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (2007–2009). Between 2013 and 2014, Vigenin was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria. From 2019 to 2024, Vigenin was elected Vice-President of the National Assembly, and from 2018 to 2022 was Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE.
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 →