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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
51.3 %ⓘ of 5 928 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls Changed group in this period: not compared with a single group’s median.
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 ⓘ

51.3 %

3 041 of 5 928 roll calls while in office

Chamber median: 90.2 %

With majority lineⓘ

—

The non-attached have no group line.

Against clear lineⓘ

—

The non-attached have no group line.

Abstention ⓘ

7.2 %

219 of 3 041 votes cast

Compared with each group they sat in

The member’s record in each group they sat in during the period, over the roll calls held while they sat in it (dates: the first and last of them). Each figure with its denominator: participation of the roll calls held, majority line of the votes where the group had one, against clear line of the votes where it had a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting), abstention of the votes cast. Median: that group’s median over the same roll calls, with the member’s difference in percentage points. A figure over fewer than 50 votes is shown as a count.
GroupParticipationWith majority lineAgainst clear lineAbstention
Renew 17 Jul 2024 – 19 Dec 202444.4 % of 516 median 96.3 % (−51.9 pts)96.9 % of 226 median 96.1 % (+0.8 pts)0.9 % of 2180.4 % of 229
No group 20 Jan 2025 – 7 Jul 202653.4 % of 4 841 median 86.7 %no group lineno group line7.7 % of 2 583
ECR 8 Jul 2026 – 17 Sept 202640.1 % of 571 median 97.7 % (−57.6 pts)78.2 % of 229 median 89.7 % (−11.5 pts)20.3 % of 2078.3 % of 229
  • Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes.
  • “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 in this period: each vote counts them in the group of that day, and they are compared with each group over the roll calls held while they sat in it — not with one group’s median.
  • 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 50 of 107 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
Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
SittingRoll callsVoted in
17 Jul 20242321
18 Jul 202410
16 Sept 202420
18 Sept 202420
19 Sept 2024920
7 Oct 202420
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 20241818
10 Oct 202440
21 Oct 202420
22 Oct 2024100
23 Oct 2024129127
24 Oct 2024130
13 Nov 202420
14 Nov 20243633
25 Nov 202420
26 Nov 20241818
27 Nov 20241111
28 Nov 2024570
17 Dec 2024130
18 Dec 2024330
19 Dec 2024450
20 Jan 202520
21 Jan 202510
22 Jan 202520
23 Jan 2025450
10 Feb 202510
11 Feb 2025320
12 Feb 20251010
13 Feb 2025300
10 Mar 202520
11 Mar 202599
12 Mar 2025228211
13 Mar 20252417
31 Mar 202530
1 Apr 20253535
2 Apr 2025251215
3 Apr 20256252
5 May 202551
6 May 20251010
7 May 2025220159
8 May 20251030
21 May 202522
22 May 20255335
16 Jun 202520
17 Jun 2025410
18 Jun 2025910
19 Jun 2025870
7 Jul 202510
8 Jul 20255526
9 Jul 2025134101
10 Jul 20253634
8 Sept 202510
9 Sept 202510192
10 Sept 20253425
11 Sept 20256914
6 Oct 202521
7 Oct 202555
8 Oct 20255552
9 Oct 20256526
20 Oct 202530
21 Oct 2025130
22 Oct 2025186172
23 Oct 2025550
13 Nov 2025267259
24 Nov 202530
25 Nov 20257534
26 Nov 202510082
27 Nov 202512596
15 Dec 202544
16 Dec 20256665
17 Dec 2025430
18 Dec 2025420
20 Jan 20266765
21 Jan 202611240
22 Jan 20265857
9 Feb 202621
10 Feb 20263837
11 Feb 20261311
12 Feb 2026141113
24 Feb 2026430
9 Mar 202610
10 Mar 202619732
11 Mar 20266055
12 Mar 2026340
25 Mar 202632
26 Mar 20266968
27 Apr 202620
28 Apr 20262250
29 Apr 20262960
30 Apr 2026680
18 May 202644
19 May 202633
20 May 20269665
21 May 2026980
15 Jun 202622
16 Jun 20264037
17 Jun 202612793
18 Jun 2026770
6 Jul 202620
7 Jul 20267254
8 Jul 202614460
9 Jul 2026670
14 Sept 202610
15 Sept 2026155123
16 Sept 20268046
17 Sept 20261240

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
Delegation for relations with the Arab PeninsulaDARP DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 202422 Dec 2024
Delegation for relations with the Korean PeninsulaDKOR DelegationSubstitute2 Apr 20257 Jul 2026

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&seats=all&vscope=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&seats=all&vscope=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=10&seats=all&vscope=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}
}