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Tsvetelina PENKOVA

S&D · Bulgaria

Group
S&D
Country
Bulgaria
Roll-call participation
78.2 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
95.9 %ⓘ of 485 votes where the group had a line · S&D median 97.1 %
More facts (5)
National party
BSP Bulgarian Socialist Party
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
18 of 478 votesⓘ
Committees
ECON (substitute), IMCO (substitute), ITRE (vice-chair), REGI (substitute)
Member id
197845
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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 ⓘ

78.2 %

485 of 620 final votes while in office

S&D median: 89.5 % (−11.3 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

95.9 %

465 of 485 votes where their group had a line

S&D median: 97.1 % (−1.2 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

3.8 %

18 of 478 votes where their group had a clear line

3 opposite (for ↔ against), 15 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

3.5 %

17 of 485 votes cast

Participation 78.2 % — S&D median 89.5 %, 137 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 137 members of the S&D with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Tsvetelina PENKOVA78.2 %
S&D median89.5 %
Lowest in the group48.1 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members137
With majority line 95.9 % — S&D median 97.1 %, 137 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 137 members of the S&D with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Tsvetelina PENKOVA95.9 %
S&D median97.1 %
Lowest in the group86.7 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members137
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of S&D; 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.

Votes, 5 928

Export

Every 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.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Separate vote on paragraph 25 396 for, 118 against, 36 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Separate vote on paragraph 23 419 for, 77 against, 58 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Amendment 2 to paragraph 10 199 for, 261 against, 94 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Paragraph 9 — part 2 394 for, 113 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Separate vote on paragraph 8 412 for, 85 against, 60 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Separate vote on paragraph 7 417 for, 96 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Paragraph 4 — part 1 390 for, 98 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Separate vote on paragraph 3 390 for, 109 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Paragraph 2 — part 1 402 for, 104 against, 51 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 142 for, 405 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 4 246 for, 259 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 73 for, 407 against, 67 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particular Amendment 1 to paragraph 9 194 for, 225 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particular Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 147 for, 395 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in Türkiye Amendment 1, adding text after recital E 114 for, 415 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in Türkiye Amendment 6 to paragraph 7 148 for, 362 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in Türkiye Amendment 2 to paragraph 7 124 for, 387 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Feb 2025Recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in Türkiye Separate vote on paragraph 6 481 for, 18 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Feb 2025Recent dismissals and arrests of mayors in Türkiye Amendment 5 to paragraph 6 123 for, 388 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Feb 2025Genetically modified maize MON 95275 Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 467 for, 156 against, 18 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Feb 2025Genetically modified maize MON 95275 Amendment 2, adding text after recital M 293 for, 250 against, 107 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
12 Feb 2025Genetically modified maize MON 95275 Amendment 4, adding text after recital J 209 for, 407 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Feb 2025Genetically modified maize MON 95275 Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 5 209 for, 408 against, 33 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Feb 2025Genetically modified maize MON 95275 Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 256 for, 321 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Feb 2025Genetically modified maize DP910521 Final vote — text as a wholeObjection passed 477 for, 152 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Feb 2025Genetically modified maize DP910521 Amendment 2, adding text after recital V 290 for, 249 against, 110 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
12 Feb 2025Genetically modified maize DP910521 Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 262 for, 309 against, 76 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Feb 2025Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation Final votePassed 608 for, 33 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Feb 2025VAT: rules for the digital age Council draft 589 for, 42 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 378 for, 233 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Recital H — part 2 538 for, 83 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 21, adding text after recital A 105 for, 512 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 20, adding text after recital A 153 for, 477 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 19, adding text after recital A 127 for, 450 against, 68 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 18, adding text after recital A 133 for, 359 against, 154 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 17, adding text before recital A 132 for, 337 against, 179 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Paragraph 42 — part 2 476 for, 104 against, 66 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 39 99 for, 424 against, 121 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 29 to paragraph 39 163 for, 450 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 32 to paragraph 36 141 for, 461 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Paragraph 32 — part 2 494 for, 87 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Paragraph 32 — part 1 512 for, 89 against, 40 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 6 to paragraph 28 316 for, 286 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Paragraph 27 — part 2 262 for, 315 against, 58 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Paragraph 27 — part 1 532 for, 60 against, 44 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 26 501 for, 17 against, 120 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 26 213 for, 332 against, 95 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Amendment 27 to paragraph 26 125 for, 449 against, 63 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Separate vote on paragraph 25 489 for, 114 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Feb 2025European Central Bank – annual report 2024 Paragraph 23 — part 3 610 for, 9 against, 18 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For

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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 15 of 80 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

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 S&D

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
Kristian VIGENIN S&DBulgaria98 % of 4 448 shared93 %
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ S&DSpain96 % of 4 499 shared93 %
Camilla LAURETI S&DItaly96 % of 4 678 shared93 %
Isilda GOMES S&DPortugal96 % of 4 218 shared93 %
Sérgio GONÇALVES S&DPortugal96 % of 4 654 shared93 %
Carla TAVARES S&DPortugal96 % of 4 456 shared93 %
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ S&DLithuania96 % of 4 591 shared93 %
André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES S&DPortugal96 % of 4 098 shared93 %
Ana Catarina MENDES S&DPortugal96 % of 4 400 shared93 %
Marta TEMIDO S&DPortugal95 % of 4 292 shared93 %

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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
Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group RenewItaly89 % of 1 493 shared86 %
Jérémy DECERLE RenewFrance89 % of 2 606 shared86 %
Marjan ŠAREC RenewSlovenia88 % of 4 199 shared86 %
Charles GOERENS RenewLuxembourg88 % of 4 449 shared86 %
Valérie DEVAUX RenewFrance88 % of 4 355 shared86 %
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY RenewNetherlands88 % of 4 724 shared86 %
Pascal CANFIN RenewFrance88 % of 4 321 shared86 %
Yvan VEROUGSTRAETE RenewBelgium88 % of 3 535 shared86 %
Valérie HAYER RenewFrance87 % of 4 659 shared86 %
Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE RenewNetherlands87 % of 4 781 shared86 %

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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 Economic and Monetary AffairsECON CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionIMCO CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE CommitteeVice-chair23 Jul 2024now
Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeD-ME Joint parliamentary committeeVice-chair15 Jan 2025now
Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyD-UK Joint parliamentary committeeMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association CommitteeDSCA DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on Sky and SpaceIG10-21 Intergroup / working groupMember27 Feb 2025now
Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE CommitteeMember19 Jul 202422 Jul 2024
Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeD-ME Joint parliamentary committeeMember27 Nov 202414 Jan 2025

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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
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TAX MATTERS (FISC) \nMISSION TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND DELAWARE, UNITED STATES\n21-23 September 2026\nWashington, D.C and Delaware\n\nOfficial delegation29 Jul 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationECON29 Jul 2026
Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869RapporteurITRE10 Feb 2026
Establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695Shadow rapporteur for an opinionREGI27 Jan 2026
Establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/444, (EU) 2021/690, (EU) 2021/785, (EU) 2021/847 and (EU) 2021/1077Shadow rapporteur for an opinionECON27 Jan 2026
Establishing the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (Euratom) 2021/100 and (Euratom) 2021/948Shadow rapporteurITRE12 Jan 2026
Research and training programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 2028-2032, complementing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, and providing for the Community’s contribution to the ITER projectShadow rapporteurITRE12 Jan 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationREGI3 Jul 2025
Bulgaria's adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026Shadow rapporteurECON10 Jun 2025
No dossier namedOfficial delegationITRE1 Apr 2025

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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.

13 contributions recorded; 16 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
17 Jun 2026Electrification Action Plan (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
19 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
22 Oct 2025The ongoing assault on the democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bulgaria (topical debate) Speech · 1 minRead
18 Jun 2025Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
21 May 2025One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
13 Feb 2025Threats to EU sovereignty through strategic dependencies in communication infrastructure (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
27 Nov 2024Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
26 Nov 2024Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: the urgent need to lift controls at internal land borders (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
26 Nov 2024Outcome of COP 29 and challenges for international climate policy (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
25 Nov 2024One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead

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Questions and motions, 6

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Show all 6 questions and motions

Amendments tabled in committee, 26

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790919 AGRI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790956 AGRI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790918 AGRI2
5 Jun 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788898 ITRE6
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-785339 ITRE2
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-788924 ITRE4
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-788941 ITRE3
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-788940 ITRE6
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-788939 ITRE7
19 May 2026Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869 ITRE-AM-788922 ITRE2

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

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 e994c83b5003 (27 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
27 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Tsvetelina PENKOVA”. Member record. memberId 197845. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197845?page=107&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 27 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197845. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197845?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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-197845,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Tsvetelina PENKOVA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197845?page=107&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197845?page=107&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-27},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197845. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197845. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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}
}