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
- 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.
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.
Chamber median: 90.2 %
Compared with each group they sat in
| Group | Participation | With majority line | Against clear line | Abstention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renew 17 Jul 2024 – 19 Dec 2024 | 44.4 % of 516 median 96.3 % (−51.9 pts) | 96.9 % of 226 median 96.1 % (+0.8 pts) | 0.9 % of 218 | 0.4 % of 229 |
| No group 20 Jan 2025 – 7 Jul 2026 | 53.4 % of 4 841 median 86.7 % | no group line | no group line | 7.7 % of 2 583 |
| ECR 8 Jul 2026 – 17 Sept 2026 | 40.1 % of 571 median 97.7 % (−57.6 pts) | 78.2 % of 229 median 89.7 % (−11.5 pts) | 20.3 % of 207 | 8.3 % 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.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2025 | Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements Amendment 353 to Article 2 | 186 for, 459 against, 2 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements Proposal to reject the text | 105 for, 529 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Referral back to committee | 409 for, 221 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction Final vote | Passed 454 for, 172 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Final vote | Passed 379 for, 248 against, 10 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 48 to recital 9 | 222 for, 418 against, 4 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 11, adding text after recital 8 — part 2 | 376 for, 248 against, 13 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 11, adding text after recital 8 — part 1 | 494 for, 128 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 60 to recital 6 | 220 for, 413 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 55, adding text after recital 3 | 165 for, 398 against, 80 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 57 to recital 3 | 231 for, 398 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 38 to Article 1 — part 2 | 375 for, 242 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 38 to Article 1 — part 1 | 551 for, 65 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 56 to Article 1 | 211 for, 412 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 53 to Article 1 | 161 for, 405 against, 78 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 68 to Article 1 | 211 for, 411 against, 22 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 45 to Article 1 | 52 for, 564 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 44 to Article 1 | 69 for, 529 against, 32 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 67 to Article 1 | 241 for, 385 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 66 to Article 1 | 239 for, 388 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Separate vote on Article 1 | 406 for, 222 against, 8 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 43 to Article 1 | 44 for, 584 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 42 to Article 1 | 74 for, 557 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 65 to Article 1 | 216 for, 400 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 14 to Article 1 — part 2 | 384 for, 242 against, 13 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 14 to Article 1 — part 1 | 506 for, 123 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Separate vote on Article 1 | 378 for, 244 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 41 to Article 1 | 45 for, 581 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 51 to Article 1 | 217 for, 416 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 64 to Article 1 | 221 for, 413 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 58 to Article 1 | 278 for, 348 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 63 to Article 1 | 226 for, 395 against, 12 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 62 to Article 1 | 223 for, 399 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 50 to Article 1 | 220 for, 415 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Separate vote on Article 1 | 406 for, 221 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendments 49 + 61 (voted as one) to Article 1 | 221 for, 407 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 39 | 512 for, 118 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 36 | 512 for, 122 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 31 | 517 for, 102 against, 17 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 26 | 540 for, 82 against, 21 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendment 17 | 547 for, 88 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively — Ams 1-10, 13, 18-25, 27-30, 32-35, 37, 40 | 396 for, 229 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Framework for achieving climate neutrality Proposal to reject the text | 234 for, 399 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 512 for, 76 against, 52 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth Final vote — text as a whole | 605 for, 30 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 | 315 for, 202 against, 119 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: — |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan Paragraph 71 — part 2 | 374 for, 149 against, 34 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan Paragraph 71 — part 1 | 439 for, 100 against, 29 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan Paragraph 67 — part 2 | 363 for, 173 against, 28 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan Paragraph 67 — part 1 | 473 for, 51 against, 43 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
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.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2026 | EU-Mexico (joint debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 20 May 2026 | Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Building Europe's clean, independent and secure energy following the 2026 North Sea Summit (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Communication on the European Democracy Shield (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2025 | The ongoing assault on the democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bulgaria (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Oct 2025 | The EU’s role in supporting the recent peace efforts for Gaza and a two-state solution (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Sept 2025 | State of the Union (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Situation in the Middle East (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 May 2025 | EU support for a just, sustainable and comprehensive peace in Ukraine (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Safeguarding the access to democratic media, such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Wider comprehensive EU-Middle East Strategy (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Continued escalation in the Middle East: the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, UNRWA’s essential role in the region, the need to release all hostages and the recent ICC arrest warrants (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 25 Nov 2024 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Managing migration in an effective and holistic way through fostering returns (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Strengthening the security of Europe’s external borders: need for a comprehensive approach and enhanced Frontex support (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Strengthening the security of Europe’s external borders: need for a comprehensive approach and enhanced Frontex support (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Oct 2024 | Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Oct 2024 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
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 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 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
- 2 October 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=65&speeches=all&vscope=all (retrieved 2 October 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 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 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=65&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=65&speeches=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-10-02},
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 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 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}
}