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Tsvetelina PENKOVA

S&D · Bulgaria

Group
S&D
Country
Bulgaria
Roll-call participation
80.9 %ⓘ of 5 928 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
With majority line
96.3 %ⓘ of 4 791 votes where the group had a line · S&D median 96.3 %
More facts (5)
National party
BSP Bulgarian Socialist Party
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
162 of 4 707 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.

Period Whole term2024 (from July)20252026
Custom dates
Votes Final votes620All roll calls5 928

Roll-call participation ⓘ

80.9 %

4 793 of 5 928 roll calls while in office

S&D median: 89.9 % (−9.0 pts)

Chamber median: 90.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

96.3 %

4 614 of 4 791 votes where their group had a line

S&D median: 96.3 % (±0.0 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

3.4 %

162 of 4 707 votes where their group had a clear line

103 opposite (for ↔ against), 53 abstained against the line, 6 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

2.6 %

124 of 4 793 votes cast

Participation 80.9 % — S&D median 89.9 %, 138 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 138 members of the S&D with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Tsvetelina PENKOVA80.9 %
S&D median89.9 %
Lowest in the group30.4 %
Highest in the group99.6 %
Members138
With majority line 96.3 % — S&D median 96.3 %, 138 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 138 members of the S&D with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Tsvetelina PENKOVA96.3 %
S&D median96.3 %
Lowest in the group81.9 %
Highest in the group99.4 %
Members138
  • Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. 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.

Show Final votesAll roll calls
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
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for cyproconazole Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 522 for, 127 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Sept 2024Maximum residue levels for carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection passed 516 for, 129 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
16 Sept 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group 437 for, 13 against, 11 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
16 Sept 2024Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group Tuesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group 102 for, 279 against, 13 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
18 Jul 2024Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the Commission Request by The Left Group — Motion for adjournment of the vote 101 for, 531 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 495 for, 137 against, 47 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Separate vote on recital E 482 for, 165 against, 22 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 9 96 for, 537 against, 44 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 8 113 for, 497 against, 58 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 57 for, 427 against, 177 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 8 63 for, 564 against, 42 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 7 414 for, 193 against, 62 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 6 418 for, 168 against, 71 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 5 468 for, 119 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 4 393 for, 178 against, 75 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 3 457 for, 133 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 2 450 for, 165 against, 46 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 5 — part 1 483 for, 153 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 9 to paragraph 5 35 for, 583 against, 45 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 3 498 for, 111 against, 52 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 2 518 for, 47 against, 76 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 4 — part 1 456 for, 166 against, 26 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 180 for, 436 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3 194 for, 400 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Paragraph 3 — part 1 476 for, 107 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Jul 2024The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 91 for, 468 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PfE Group 119 for, 337 against, 15 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
17 Jul 2024Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group 149 for, 251 against, 16 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded 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 28 of 107 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
Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
SittingRoll callsVoted in
17 Jul 20242310
18 Jul 202411
16 Sept 202420
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 2024920
7 Oct 202420
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 20241817
10 Oct 202443
21 Oct 202420
22 Oct 20241010
23 Oct 2024129129
24 Oct 2024130
13 Nov 202422
14 Nov 20243627
25 Nov 202420
26 Nov 20241818
27 Nov 20241111
28 Nov 20245751
17 Dec 2024130
18 Dec 2024330
19 Dec 2024450
20 Jan 202520
21 Jan 202511
22 Jan 202522
23 Jan 20254538
10 Feb 202510
11 Feb 20253232
12 Feb 20251010
13 Feb 20253030
10 Mar 202522
11 Mar 202599
12 Mar 2025228208
13 Mar 20252424
31 Mar 202530
1 Apr 20253535
2 Apr 2025251242
3 Apr 20256262
5 May 202555
6 May 20251010
7 May 2025220218
8 May 2025103100
21 May 202520
22 May 20255353
16 Jun 202520
17 Jun 2025410
18 Jun 20259191
19 Jun 20258787
7 Jul 202511
8 Jul 20255550
9 Jul 2025134116
10 Jul 20253635
8 Sept 202510
9 Sept 20251010
10 Sept 2025340
11 Sept 2025690
6 Oct 202520
7 Oct 202555
8 Oct 20255555
9 Oct 20256547
20 Oct 202533
21 Oct 20251313
22 Oct 2025186174
23 Oct 2025550
13 Nov 2025267261
24 Nov 202532
25 Nov 20257566
26 Nov 202510098
27 Nov 202512592
15 Dec 202544
16 Dec 20256665
17 Dec 20254339
18 Dec 20254238
20 Jan 20266767
21 Jan 202611278
22 Jan 2026580
9 Feb 202622
10 Feb 20263838
11 Feb 2026139
12 Feb 2026141141
24 Feb 2026430
9 Mar 202611
10 Mar 2026197197
11 Mar 20266059
12 Mar 20263433
25 Mar 202630
26 Mar 2026690
27 Apr 202620
28 Apr 2026225220
29 Apr 2026296288
30 Apr 20266854
18 May 202640
19 May 202633
20 May 20269691
21 May 20269883
15 Jun 202622
16 Jun 20264040
17 Jun 2026127112
18 Jun 20267753
6 Jul 202620
7 Jul 20267272
8 Jul 202614488
9 Jul 20266767
14 Sept 202611
15 Sept 202615590
16 Sept 20268077
17 Sept 2026124122

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.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
1 Jul 2026PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 B-10-2026-0338Motion for a resolutionwith 246 co-authors—
11 Mar 2026State of play of the unitary patent system, ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement and deadlock over the unitary supplementary protection certificate E-10-2026-001002Written question13 May 2026
6 Aug 2025Need for a common EU approach to sustainability and a joint response in the face of critical water stress E-10-2025-003193Written question26 Sept 2025
16 Dec 2024Adoption of an EU strategy for nuclear fusion E-10-2024-002958Written questionwith 15 co-authors17 Mar 2025
9 Dec 2024Infringement procedure No 2018/2268 and status of private hospitals in relation to Directive 2014/24/EU E-10-2024-002831Written question13 Feb 2025
17 Sept 2024Recent increase in electricity prices in central and eastern Europe E-10-2024-001736Written questionwith 18 co-authors6 Nov 2024

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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.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197845?page=119&scope=all&vscope=all
Official source
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version f37e5638cded (25 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
25 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=119&scope=all&vscope=all (retrieved 25 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 f37e5638cded (25 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=119&scope=all&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197845?page=119&scope=all&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  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 f37e5638cded (25 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}
}