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 roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 37, adding text after recital K | 160 for, 436 against, 27 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Separate vote on paragraph 57 | 441 for, 131 against, 43 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 13 to paragraph 54 | 493 for, 84 against, 49 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 12 to paragraph 52 — part 2 | 557 for, 15 against, 51 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 12 to paragraph 52 — part 1 | 409 for, 157 against, 62 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Paragraph 51 — part 2 | 426 for, 192 against, 4 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Paragraph 51 — part 1 | 476 for, 88 against, 50 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 11 to paragraph 50 | 348 for, 204 against, 69 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 10 to paragraph 49 | 461 for, 55 against, 112 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 27 to paragraph 43 | 146 for, 443 against, 38 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 28 | 105 for, 467 against, 63 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 25 | 195 for, 386 against, 21 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 23 | 153 for, 394 against, 77 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 8 to paragraph 23 | 554 for, 7 against, 73 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 — part 2 | 216 for, 330 against, 76 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 — part 1 | 393 for, 182 against, 49 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 3 to paragraph 19 | 480 for, 105 against, 43 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 18 | 424 for, 183 against, 15 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 15 | 569 for, 4 against, 41 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 1 to paragraph 15 | 575 for, 33 against, 20 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 6 | 224 for, 374 against, 18 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 1 | 118 for, 446 against, 65 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 3 | 116 for, 495 against, 23 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 2 | 135 for, 468 against, 16 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 1 | 138 for, 485 against, 6 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 1 | 138 for, 474 against, 16 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 6 to paragraph 1 | 395 for, 126 against, 97 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 39 to paragraph 1 | 121 for, 459 against, 32 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 470 for, 81 against, 92 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 6, adding text after recital AL | 229 for, 399 against, 15 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 5, adding text after recital R | 232 for, 393 against, 17 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Recital O — part 2 | 433 for, 190 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Recital O — part 1 | 589 for, 39 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Separate vote on paragraph 88 | 460 for, 165 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 62 | 222 for, 405 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 55 | 173 for, 416 against, 43 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 55 | 211 for, 410 against, 19 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 — part 2 | 451 for, 172 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 — part 1 | 532 for, 75 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 27 | 221 for, 401 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 25 | 225 for, 393 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 8 to paragraph 21 | 205 for, 427 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 7 to paragraph 14 | 223 for, 410 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 10 | 342 for, 230 against, 67 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Paragraph 9 — part 2 | 447 for, 171 against, 17 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Paragraph 9 — part 1 | 533 for, 70 against, 34 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 317 for, 206 against, 123 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 125 | 206 for, 437 against, 6 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 76 | 179 for, 439 against, 17 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: — |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 76 | 187 for, 437 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | 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.
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 7669c786bb14 (1 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
- 1 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=90&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 1 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 7669c786bb14 (1 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=90&scope=final&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=90&scope=final&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-10-01},
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 7669c786bb14 (1 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}
}