Member
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
- 44.4 %ⓘ of 516 roll calls in office · chamber median 93.4 % · 2024 (from july), roll calls
- With majority line
- 96.9 %ⓘ of 226 votes where the group had a line · Renew median 96.1 %
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 ⓘ
44.4 %
229 of 516 roll calls while in office
Renew median: 96.3 % (−51.9 pts)
Chamber median: 93.4 %
With majority line ⓘ
96.9 %
219 of 226 votes where their group had a line
Renew median: 96.1 % (+0.8 pts)
1 opposite (for ↔ against), 1 abstained against the line
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Elena YONCHEVA | 44.4 % |
| Renew median | 96.3 % |
| Lowest in the group | 38.0 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.8 % |
| Members | 77 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Elena YONCHEVA | 96.9 % |
| Renew median | 96.1 % |
| Lowest in the group | 77.6 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.0 % |
| Members | 77 |
- 2024 (from July), 516 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of Renew; 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 Renew throughout this period; each vote counts them in the group of that day.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2026 | Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela Amendment 2 to paragraph 5 | 157 for, 329 against, 69 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela Amendment 8 to paragraph 4 | 83 for, 465 against, 24 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela Amendment 6 to paragraph 2 | 49 for, 504 against, 20 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 30 Apr 2026 | New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 439 for, 52 against, 71 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 30 Apr 2026 | New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 | 104 for, 377 against, 86 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 511 for, 21 against, 42 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Amendment 4, adding text after recital B | 86 for, 415 against, 66 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Paragraph 6 — part 2 | 370 for, 180 against, 19 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Amendment 3 to paragraph 6 | 99 for, 427 against, 40 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 5 | 84 for, 464 against, 11 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Genetically modified soybean MON 94637 Final vote on the motion for a resolution | Objection passed 412 for, 145 against, 11 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 416 for, 190 against, 15 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 6, adding text after recital D | 187 for, 419 against, 16 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 48 | 195 for, 419 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 29, adding text after paragraph 36 | 202 for, 423 against, 1 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 36 | 205 for, 403 against, 9 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 14 to paragraph 36 | 202 for, 424 against, 1 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 31 | 193 for, 421 against, 8 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 22 | 195 for, 420 against, 6 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 24 to paragraph 19 | 189 for, 425 against, 9 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 17 | 197 for, 421 against, 4 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 22 to paragraph 17 | 198 for, 417 against, 1 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 12 | 193 for, 428 against, 5 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 6 | 212 for, 406 against, 7 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Paragraph 2 — part 2 | 407 for, 190 against, 25 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 387 for, 191 against, 46 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 14 to recital R | 220 for, 399 against, 5 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 12 to paragraph 185 | 185 for, 426 against, 13 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 11 to paragraph 168 | 201 for, 419 against, 4 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 155 | 282 for, 334 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 10 to paragraph 126 | 192 for, 418 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 118 | 197 for, 416 against, 9 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 117 | 336 for, 261 against, 29 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 9 to paragraph 116 | 188 for, 422 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 113 | 218 for, 401 against, 8 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Paragraph 112 — part 3 | 284 for, 335 against, 6 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Paragraph 112 — part 2 | 408 for, 192 against, 22 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Paragraph 112 — part 1 | 498 for, 80 against, 57 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 7 to paragraph 112 | 207 for, 410 against, 9 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 6 to paragraph 103 | 205 for, 419 against, 4 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 102 | 291 for, 240 against, 74 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 101 | 365 for, 168 against, 78 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 100 | 357 for, 203 against, 45 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 5 to paragraph 91 | 207 for, 406 against, 3 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 86 | 200 for, 411 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 3 to paragraph 77 | 196 for, 422 against, 6 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 65 | 194 for, 417 against, 15 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 17 to paragraph 55 | 200 for, 419 against, 7 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 16 to paragraph 44 | 181 for, 419 against, 22 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 15 to paragraph 38 | 206 for, 408 against, 10 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
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" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
Data as a table
| Sitting | Roll calls | Voted in |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2024 | 23 | 21 |
| 18 Jul 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 Sept 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 Sept 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 Sept 2024 | 92 | 0 |
| 7 Oct 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 Oct 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 Oct 2024 | 18 | 18 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 Oct 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 Oct 2024 | 10 | 0 |
| 23 Oct 2024 | 129 | 127 |
| 24 Oct 2024 | 13 | 0 |
| 13 Nov 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 Nov 2024 | 36 | 33 |
| 25 Nov 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 Nov 2024 | 18 | 18 |
| 27 Nov 2024 | 11 | 11 |
| 28 Nov 2024 | 57 | 0 |
| 17 Dec 2024 | 13 | 0 |
| 18 Dec 2024 | 33 | 0 |
| 19 Dec 2024 | 45 | 0 |
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.
Work
Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Employment and Social AffairsEMPL Committee | Member | 14 Sept 2026 | now |
| Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE Committee | Substitute | 2 Sept 2026 | now |
| Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the MediterraneanDMED Parliamentary assembly | Substitute | 15 Jul 2026 | now |
| Committee on DevelopmentDEVE Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | 22 Dec 2024 |
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Member | 23 Jan 2025 | 7 Jul 2026 |
| Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | 22 Dec 2024 |
| Subcommittee on Human RightsDROI Subcommittee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | 22 Dec 2024 |
| Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of ChinaD-CN Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | 22 Dec 2024 |
| Delegation for relations with IsraelD-IL Delegation | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | 22 Dec 2024 |
| Delegation for relations with the Arab PeninsulaDARP Delegation | Member | 31 Mar 2025 | 7 Jul 2026 |
Dossiers
| Dossier | Role | Committee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 rapporteur | LIBE | 18 Sept 2024 |
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Justice, rule of law & rights 2
- Transport & tourism 2
- Digital, AI & data 1
- Economy & single market 1
- Foreign affairs 1
- Trade & customs 1
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.
21 contributions recorded; 26 minutes of speaking time.
Questions and motions, 2
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
| Date | Title | Kind | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2026 | Alleged unlawful disclosure and misuse of PNR data in Bulgaria E-10-2026-002896 | Written questionwith 1 co-author | Not yet answered |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Three years since the railway accident in Tempi, Greece O-10-2026-000010 | Oral questionwith 35 co-authors | Not yet answered |
Amendments tabled in committee, 3
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
| Date | Text amended | Committee | Amendments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2026 | Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790918 | AGRI | 2 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790919 | AGRI | 1 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790956 | AGRI | 1 |
Connections
Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.
Political groups this term
- Group European Conservatives and Reformists ECR · Right-wing · national conservatism, EU-critical
- Group Non-attached members No group · Not a group — members sitting without affiliation
- Group Renew Europe Renew · Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism
National delegation
- Delegation Bulgaria National delegation
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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
- 30 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=24&period=2024&vscope=all (retrieved 30 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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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=24&period=2024&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=24&period=2024&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-30},
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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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}
}