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
- 59.2 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes 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: 90.6 %
Compared with each group they sat in
| Group | Participation | With majority line | Against clear line | Abstention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renew 17 Jul 2024 – 19 Dec 2024 | 39.4 % of 66 median 95.5 % (−56.1 pts) | 18 of 23 median 90.9 % | 1 of 18 | 0 of 26 |
| No group 21 Jan 2025 – 7 Jul 2026 | 61.8 % of 497 median 89.3 % | no group line | no group line | 6.2 % of 307 |
| ECR 8 Jul 2026 – 17 Sept 2026 | 59.6 % of 57 median 96.5 % (−36.8 pts) | 26 of 34 median 87.7 % | 6 of 28 | 5 of 34 |
- Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name.
- “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 final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 2025 | Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets Union | Adopted 407 for, 161 against, 97 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis | Adopted 462 for, 142 against, 63 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy | Adopted 393 for, 145 against, 123 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Possibilities for simplification of cohesion funds | Adopted 513 for, 111 against, 40 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference | Adopted 490 for, 65 against, 86 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles | Passed 431 for, 145 against, 76 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Sept 2025 | EU-Brazil Agreement: cooperation with and through Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil | Consent given 606 for, 5 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Sept 2025 | EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement | Consent given 473 for, 114 against, 58 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Sept 2025 | EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution) | Adopted 434 for, 49 against, 168 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Public procurement | Adopted 432 for, 95 against, 124 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Sept 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Ukraine | Adopted 418 for, 135 against, 41 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies | Passed 542 for, 97 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Motion of censure on the Commission | Rejected 175 for, 360 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai | Adopted 511 for, 50 against, 75 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic | Adopted 617 for, 4 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus | Adopted 625 for, 7 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness | Adopted 494 for, 83 against, 71 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions | Adopted 523 for, 75 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | European Climate Law | Urgent procedure refused 300 for, 379 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Amending Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 on certain measures for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing | Passed 681 for, 4 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Draft amending budget No 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024 | Passed 534 for, 102 against, 56 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods that occurred in September 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods that occurred in October 2024 | Passed 643 for, 13 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2025/000 TA 2025 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission | Passed 574 for, 63 against, 56 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that list | Objection failed 264 for, 369 against, 55 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Deforestation Regulation - list of countries presenting a low or high risk | Objection passed 373 for, 289 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports | Adopted 619 for, 26 against, 46 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Albania | Adopted 502 for, 120 against, 64 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina | Adopted 495 for, 130 against, 63 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia | Adopted 461 for, 121 against, 107 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Georgia | Adopted 490 for, 147 against, 49 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2025 High-Level Political Forum | Adopted 422 for, 219 against, 31 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 9 Jul 2025 | The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians | Adopted 507 for, 77 against, 45 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026 | Passed 531 for, 69 against, 79 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 8 Jul 2025 | The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season | Passed 542 for, 109 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399 | Passed 572 for, 42 against, 67 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 8 Jul 2025 | VAT: taxable persons, special scheme and special arrangements for declaration and payment, relating to distance sales of imported goods | Passed 623 for, 26 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 8 Jul 2025 | EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 | Consent given 616 for, 29 against, 36 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 8 Jul 2025 | EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 (Resolution) | Adopted 561 for, 109 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024 | Adopted 417 for, 188 against, 75 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Security of energy supply in the EU | Adopted 459 for, 170 against, 30 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability | Passed 457 for, 17 against, 86 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran | Adopted 486 for, 8 against, 29 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli | Adopted 324 for, 25 against, 87 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali | Adopted 511 for, 14 against, 25 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system | Adopted 418 for, 112 against, 45 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Clean Industrial Deal | Adopted 381 for, 173 against, 13 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Macro-financial assistance to Egypt | Passed 386 for, 132 against, 49 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 18 Jun 2025 | EU/Euratom Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty: adoption by Euratom | Passed 557 for, 47 against, 46 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty | Passed 554 for, 53 against, 37 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility | Adopted 421 for, 180 against, 55 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.
20 contributions recorded; 25 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 |
| 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 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=9&scope=final&speeches=all (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=9&scope=final&speeches=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=9&scope=final&speeches=all},
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}
}