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As of 22 Oct 2026, Andrey KOVATCHEV is a Bulgaria MEP in European People’s Party (EPP); WheresMyMEP records 95.8% roll-call attendance, 188 notable vote records, 7 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €0–€0/year (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

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Andrey KOVATCHEV

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EPP · Bulgaria

ГЕРБ (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria)

95.8% attendance
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95.8%
Attendance · last 180 days
#260 of 717 on the leaderboard
1510
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

Andrey KOVATCHEV monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510081.1%96.7%98.6%96.7%99.2%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 ↗ForADOPTED
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 ↗AbstainADOPTED

Voting against the party line

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

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from European People’s Party (EPP) majority

5.9% (11 of 185)

The European People’s Party (EPP) average on the same method is 5.1%. Counted only when Andrey KOVATCHEV cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

1.2% (2 of 172)

ГЕРБ (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) · 4 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
9 Jul 2026

The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan

Andrey KOVATCHEV voted Abstain; 88% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (142 of 162) voted For.

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

Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed

Andrey KOVATCHEV voted Abstain; 87% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (146 of 167) voted Against.

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

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3), and (4)(c): Lead in certain fishing tackle

Andrey KOVATCHEV voted For; 85% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (143 of 169) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
21 Oct 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769

Andrey KOVATCHEV voted Abstain; 73% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (118 of 162) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
16 Sept 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 94313

Andrey KOVATCHEV voted Abstain; 68% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (112 of 165) voted Against.

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

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot

Andrey KOVATCHEV voted For; 68% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (97 of 143) voted Against.

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

Andrey KOVATCHEV voted Abstain; 66% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (104 of 158) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
16 Sept 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 87460

Andrey KOVATCHEV voted Abstain; 65% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (95 of 147) voted Against.

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

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 Andrey KOVATCHEV’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 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 65% of 475 agriculture votes

For likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 97% of 1169 digital votes

For likely

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

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 62% of 1381 defence votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • climateFor 88% of 16
  • tradeFor 100% of 10
  • foreignFor 100% of 9
  • employmentFor 100% of 9
  • transportFor 88% of 8
  • defenceFor 63% of 8
  • economyFor 100% of 8
  • digitalFor 100% of 7
  • fisheriesFor 100% of 7
  • rule of lawFor 86% of 7
  • healthFor 100% of 6
  • migrationFor 100% of 4
  • budgetFor 100% of 4
  • energyFor 100% of 3
  • agricultureFor 67% of 3

Votes Andrey missed, how they would likely have voted

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

For · 95%

99% of 148 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF): access to VAT information at Union level

2026-06-17

For · 95%

100% of 169 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

The need to reduce work-related fatalities

2026-05-21

For · 95%

98% of 106 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Andrey KOVATCHEV 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.

  • Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly

    2025/2167(INI) ↗ · AFET · appointed 21 Oct 2025

    Voted for on this file · 20 May 2026

Shadow rapporteur · 9

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

  • Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for a review of the EU's Black Sea strategy

    2026/2044(INI) ↗ · appointed 23 Sep 2026

  • Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Committee of the Regions

    2025/2152(DEC) ↗ · appointed 22 Jul 2025

  • Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee

    2025/2151(DEC) ↗ · appointed 22 Jul 2025

  • Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service

    2025/2150(DEC) ↗ · appointed 22 Jul 2025

  • Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council

    2025/2147(DEC) ↗ · appointed 22 Jul 2025

  • EU enlargement strategy

    2025/2110(INI) ↗ · appointed 16 Jul 2025

  • 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Albania

    2025/2017(INI) ↗ · appointed 14 Jan 2025

  • 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service

    2024/2024(DEC) ↗ · appointed 23 Sep 2024

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  • 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council

    2024/2021(DEC) ↗ · appointed 23 Sep 2024

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

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

2 board memberships

Honorary President of ACES EUROPEUnpaidBoard
Vice Chair of Formosa ClubUnpaidBoard

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 Andrey KOVATCHEV 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 Andrey KOVATCHEV'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.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily
11 Jun 2026Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of DemocracyFight against disinformation · Member
2 Jun 2026Albanian government representativesRecent developments in Albania · Shadow rapporteur ·2025/2250(INI)
2 Jun 2026Members of the Turkish ParliamentRelations between the EU and Turkiye · Member
19 May 2026Australian Ambassador to the EUEU-Australia relations · Member
6 May 2026Civil society representativesRecent developments in Turkiye · Member

Meetings on legislative files

Declared meetings that name a file, the recorded role on that file, and the plenary roll-call, in date order.

Self-declared · last 6 months

1 meeting on 1 file

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.

Source: European Parliament meeting declarations · EU Transparency Register · HowTheyVote.eu / EP roll-call · EP Open Data Portal (roles) · How we match meetings to files

Parliamentary questions

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

EP · open data · updated daily
15written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 13 · Priority 2 · 15 co-authored

Not in this count: 1 oral question

Latest 10

  • 21 Sept 2026Death sentences for Leila Abolhasani and Taraneh Rahimi in IranPriority question P-003779/2026To the Vice-President / High Representativeco-authored with 28Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 7 Sept 2026Polisario FrontWritten question E-003521/2026To the Vice-President / High Representativeco-authored with 9Answered 28 Oct 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 12 May 2026Explicit recognition of the function of ‘MEP’ on the ‘EU laissez-passer’Written question E-001960/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 5Answered 31 Aug 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 24 Apr 2026Concerns regarding the termination of the Bulgarian EPPO selection procedureWritten question E-001689/2026To the Councilco-authored with 13Answered 30 Jul 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 24 Apr 2026Concerns regarding the termination of the Bulgarian EPPO selection procedureWritten question E-001688/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 13Answered 15 Jun 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 9 Apr 2026Recent antisemitic incidentsWritten question E-001438/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 4Answered 19 Jun 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 5 Dec 2025Interference by Hamas in the activities of EU-funded non-governmental organisationsWritten question E-004832/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 14Answered 31 Mar 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 14 Nov 2025The unlawful confiscation of Baha’i properties in IranWritten question E-004551/2025To the Vice-President / High Representativeco-authored with 17Answered 5 Jan 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 12 Nov 2025Big Tech dominance and AI exploitation undermining Europe’s independent mediaWritten question E-004498/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 4Answered 15 Jan 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 7 Oct 2025US TikTok deal and the ‘MAGA algorithm’Written question E-003925/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 7Answered 1 Dec 2025Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
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  • 2 Dec 2025European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformationOral question O-000044/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 46Question ↗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 Andrey KOVATCHEV

Andrey Kovatchev is a Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria, belonging to the European People’s Party (EPP), the centre-right group, and to the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria. Kovatchev has been a Quaestor of the European Parliament since 17 July 2024, having also held that post from 2 July 2014 to 1 July 2019. From 18 October 2017 to 24 January 2022, across the 8th and 9th parliamentary terms, the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) had Kovatchev as Vice-Chair. In the 7th parliamentary term, Kovatchev was Vice-Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 23 January 2012 to 30 June 2014, and Member of the Bureau of the same group from 16 September 2009.

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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 →