Member
Tsvetelina PENKOVA
S&D · Bulgaria
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 ⓘ
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)
103 opposite (for ↔ against), 53 abstained against the line, 6 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Tsvetelina PENKOVA | 80.9 % |
| S&D median | 89.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 30.4 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.6 % |
| Members | 138 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Tsvetelina PENKOVA | 96.3 % |
| S&D median | 96.3 % |
| Lowest in the group | 81.9 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.4 % |
| Members | 138 |
- 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.
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 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 72 | 210 for, 424 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 72 | 209 for, 397 against, 13 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 70 | 206 for, 431 against, 2 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 64 | 226 for, 384 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 54 | 185 for, 423 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 51 | 207 for, 421 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 37 | 277 for, 319 against, 51 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 28 | 237 for, 405 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 11 | 210 for, 425 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Joint Undertakings Final vote — text as a whole | Discharge decision adopted 513 for, 101 against, 39 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Joint Undertakings Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 12 | 203 for, 440 against, 4 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Final vote — text as a whole | 503 for, 121 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 35 to paragraph 142 | 169 for, 446 against, 41 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 34 to paragraph 108 | 200 for, 448 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 27 to paragraph 102 | 345 for, 286 against, 23 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 36 to paragraph 96 | 643 for, 11 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 33 to paragraph 85 | 200 for, 426 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 32 to paragraph 81 | 201 for, 452 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 18 to paragraph 21 | 188 for, 448 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 18 | 200 for, 446 against, 4 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 18 | 213 for, 421 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 31 to paragraph 18 | 194 for, 452 against, 3 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 14 to paragraph 18 | 192 for, 439 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 30 to paragraph 17 | 195 for, 459 against, 4 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 8 | 192 for, 454 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Final vote | Discharge decision adopted 473 for, 120 against, 64 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: Agencies Final vote | 520 for, 126 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Final vote — text as a whole | 452 for, 176 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Amendment 4 to paragraph 102 — part 3 | 356 for, 269 against, 28 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Amendment 4 to paragraph 102 — part 2 | 484 for, 20 against, 143 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Amendment 4 to paragraph 102 — part 1 | 509 for, 66 against, 84 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 96 | 168 for, 450 against, 40 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 96 | 244 for, 237 against, 169 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 96 | 191 for, 453 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Paragraph 95 — part 2 | 441 for, 199 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Paragraph 93 — part 2 | 461 for, 185 against, 15 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Paragraph 18 — part 3 | 458 for, 154 against, 24 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Paragraph 18 — part 2 | 459 for, 171 against, 27 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Paragraph 8 — part 2 | 456 for, 185 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 3 | 192 for, 443 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 | 209 for, 413 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Final vote | Discharge decision adopted 481 for, 157 against, 24 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service Final vote — text as a whole | 475 for, 136 against, 53 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 82 | 187 for, 465 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service Paragraph 40 — part 2 | 415 for, 133 against, 96 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service Paragraph 33 — part 1 | 457 for, 88 against, 98 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service Paragraph 31 — part 2 | 412 for, 152 against, 84 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 6 to paragraph 10 | 271 for, 290 against, 90 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 1 to paragraph 10 | 231 for, 384 against, 40 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 9 | 143 for, 455 against, 64 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
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 Economic and Monetary AffairsECON Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionIMCO Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Vice-chair | 23 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeD-ME Joint parliamentary committee | Vice-chair | 15 Jan 2025 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyD-UK Joint parliamentary committee | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association CommitteeDSCA Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Sky and SpaceIG10-21 Intergroup / working group | Member | 27 Feb 2025 | now |
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | 22 Jul 2024 |
| Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeD-ME Joint parliamentary committee | Member | 27 Nov 2024 | 14 Jan 2025 |
Dossiers
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Economy & single market 6
- Energy 5
- EU budget & funds 3
- Foreign affairs 2
- Climate & environment 1
- Health 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.
13 contributions recorded; 16 minutes of speaking time.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2026 | Electrification Action Plan (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 19 Jan 2026 | The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies (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 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 21 May 2025 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Threats to EU sovereignty through strategic dependencies in communication infrastructure (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: the urgent need to lift controls at internal land borders (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Outcome of COP 29 and challenges for international climate policy (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 25 Nov 2024 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
Questions and motions, 6
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 26
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
Connections
Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.
Political group
- Group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats S&D · Centre-left · social democracy
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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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
- 30 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=91&vscope=all (retrieved 30 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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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=91&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197845?page=91&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-30},
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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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}
}