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Elena YONCHEVA

ECR · Bulgaria

Group
ECR Changed group: Renew 16 Jul 2024 – 22 Dec 2024 → No group 23 Dec 2024 – 7 Jul 2026 → ECR since 8 Jul 2026
Country
Bulgaria
Roll-call participation
65.5 %ⓘ of 293 roll calls in office · chamber median 91.5 % · 2025, final votes
With majority line
—ⓘ The non-attached have no group line.
More facts (5)
National party
DPS Movement for Rights and Freedoms
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
—ⓘ The non-attached have no group line.
Committees
EMPL, LIBE (substitute)
Member id
197842
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

65.5 %

192 of 293 final votes while in office

Non-attached median: 90.3 %

Chamber median: 91.5 %

With majority lineⓘ

—

The non-attached have no group line.

Against clear lineⓘ

—

The non-attached have no group line.

Abstention ⓘ

6.3 %

12 of 192 votes cast

Participation 65.5 % — Non-attached median 90.3 %, 30 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 30 members of the Non-attached with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Elena YONCHEVA65.5 %
Non-attached median90.3 %
Lowest in the group55.6 %
Highest in the group100.0 %
Members30
  • 2025, 293 final votes; 293 of 371 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other non-attached members; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
  • This member changed group during the term, but sat in Non-attached throughout this period; each vote counts them in the group of that day.
  • The non-attached have no group line: loyalty and votes against a clear line are not computed.

Votes, 620

Export

Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecisionResultPositionMajority line
18 Jun 2025The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report Adopted 405 for, 210 against, 36 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
18 Jun 20252023 and 2024 reports on Montenegro Adopted 470 for, 102 against, 77 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
18 Jun 20252023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Adopted 456 for, 118 against, 51 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
17 Jun 2025Amending Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 as regards additional assistance and further flexibility to outermost regions affected by severe natural disasters and in the context of cyclone Chido devastating Mayotte Passed 653 for, 7 against, 3 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
17 Jun 2025Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) Passed 599 for, 2 against, 62 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
17 Jun 2025Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road of 29 June 2022 Consent given 488 for, 137 against, 34 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
17 Jun 2025Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union Consent given 583 for, 78 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
17 Jun 2025Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union. Adopted 557 for, 75 against, 37 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
17 Jun 2025Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure) Adopted 653 for, 0 against, 15 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
17 Jun 2025Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy Adopted 622 for, 24 against, 21 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
17 Jun 2025Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville Rejected 282 for, 340 against, 26 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
22 May 2025Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism Passed 564 for, 20 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
22 May 2025Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Passed 411 for, 100 against, 78 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
22 May 2025Granting equivalence to Moldova and Ukraine for field inspections and seed production Passed 374 for, 176 against, 36 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
22 May 2025Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation as regards securities financing transactions under the net stable funding ratio Passed 436 for, 149 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
22 May 2025Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2026-2027 complementing Horizon Europe Passed 489 for, 55 against, 38 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
22 May 2025Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023 Adopted 260 for, 194 against, 110 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
8 May 2025CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027 Passed 458 for, 101 against, 14 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025The protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus) Passed 371 for, 162 against, 37 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season Passed 425 for, 106 against, 43 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025Screening of foreign investments in the Union Passed 378 for, 173 against, 24 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025Suspending certain parts of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 as regards imports of Ukrainian products into the European Union Passed 354 for, 147 against, 53 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025Genetically modified soybean MON 87705 × MON 87708 × MON 89788 Objection passed 373 for, 150 against, 10 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025Violations of religious freedom in Tibet Adopted 478 for, 30 against, 41 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025Return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia Adopted 516 for, 3 against, 34 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025Ninth report on economic and social cohesion Adopted 392 for, 125 against, 55 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025Competition policy – annual report 2024 Adopted 358 for, 124 against, 79 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025Banking Union – annual report 2024 Adopted 345 for, 135 against, 62 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
8 May 2025Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market Adopted 306 for, 80 against, 57 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
7 May 2025Amending of the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review Urgent procedure agreed 316 for, 291 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Amending of Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges Urgent procedure agreed 370 for, 268 against, 16 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development Funds Discharge decision adopted 412 for, 245 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Parliament Discharge decision adopted 513 for, 119 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council Discharge decision adopted 588 for, 62 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Discharge decision adopted 541 for, 97 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Auditors Discharge decision adopted 630 for, 16 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee Discharge decision adopted 538 for, 96 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Committee of the Regions Discharge decision adopted 549 for, 97 against, 18 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Ombudsman Discharge decision adopted 568 for, 54 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor Discharge decision adopted 564 for, 61 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service Discharge decision adopted 519 for, 126 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Discharge decision adopted 481 for, 157 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: Agencies Discharge decision adopted 473 for, 120 against, 64 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: Joint Undertakings Discharge decision adopted 513 for, 101 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Adopted 317 for, 206 against, 123 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Adopted 470 for, 81 against, 92 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Adopted 367 for, 74 against, 188 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Serbia Adopted 419 for, 113 against, 88 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Kosovo Adopted 353 for, 145 against, 78 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: —
6 May 2025Amendments to the International Health Regulations contained in the Annex to Resolution WHA77.17 and adopted on 1 June 2024 Consent given 514 for, 126 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 13 of 38 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within the same group (on the day of each vote)

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Sigrid FRIIS RenewDenmark97 % of 225 shared92 %
Anna STÜRGKH RenewAustria97 % of 210 shared92 %
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY RenewNetherlands97 % of 229 shared92 %
Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE RenewNetherlands96 % of 228 shared92 %
Marjan ŠAREC RenewSlovenia96 % of 227 shared92 %
Hristo PETROV RenewBulgaria96 % of 227 shared92 %
Brigitte VAN DEN BERG RenewNetherlands96 % of 226 shared92 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania96 % of 225 shared92 %
Jana TOOM RenewEstonia96 % of 224 shared92 %
Dainius ŽALIMAS RenewLithuania96 % of 228 shared92 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Taner KABILOV changed group ECRBulgaria70 % of 1 957 shared44 %
Jérémy DECERLE RenewFrance61 % of 1 457 shared33 %
Eleonora MELETI EPPGreece61 % of 2 503 shared39 %
Gabriella GERZSENYI EPPHungary60 % of 1 507 shared41 %
Victor NEGRESCU S&DRomania60 % of 2 690 shared37 %
Vangelis MEIMARAKIS EPPGreece59 % of 2 822 shared39 %
Tsvetelina PENKOVA S&DBulgaria59 % of 2 623 shared37 %
Dimitris TSIODRAS EPPGreece59 % of 2 839 shared38 %
Emil RADEV EPPBulgaria59 % of 2 433 shared38 %
Dragoş BENEA S&DRomania59 % of 1 985 shared38 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on Employment and Social AffairsEMPL CommitteeMember14 Sept 2026now
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE CommitteeSubstitute2 Sept 2026now
Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the MediterraneanDMED Parliamentary assemblySubstitute15 Jul 2026now
Committee on DevelopmentDEVE CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 202422 Dec 2024
Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE CommitteeMember23 Jan 20257 Jul 2026
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE CommitteeMember19 Jul 202422 Dec 2024
Subcommittee on Human RightsDROI SubcommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 202422 Dec 2024
Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of ChinaD-CN DelegationMember19 Sept 202422 Dec 2024
Delegation for relations with IsraelD-IL DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 202422 Dec 2024
Delegation for relations with the Arab PeninsulaDARP DelegationMember31 Mar 20257 Jul 2026

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, and on enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 -2023/0438(COD).Shadow rapporteurLIBE18 Sept 2024

Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

20 contributions recorded; 25 minutes of speaking time.

Show all 20 recent contributions

Questions and motions, 2

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
13 Jul 2026Alleged unlawful disclosure and misuse of PNR data in Bulgaria E-10-2026-002896Written questionwith 1 co-authorNot yet answered
3 Mar 2026Three years since the railway accident in Tempi, Greece O-10-2026-000010Oral questionwith 35 co-authorsNot yet answered

Amendments tabled in committee, 3

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political groups this term

National delegation

  • Delegation Bulgaria National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version 579b2832c723 (26 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
26 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Elena YONCHEVA”. Member record. memberId 197842. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=10&period=2025&scope=final (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197842. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197842?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-197842,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Elena YONCHEVA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=10&period=2025&scope=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=10&period=2025&scope=final},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197842. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197842. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}