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Member

Petar VOLGIN

ESN · Bulgaria

Group
ESN
Country
Bulgaria
Roll-call participation
91.6 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
88.7 %ⓘ of 567 votes where the group had a line · ESN median 93.9 %
More facts (5)
National party
Revival
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
51 of 543 votesⓘ
Committees
AFET (substitute), EMPL, ITRE (substitute), LIBE (substitute)
Member id
257260
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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 ⓘ

91.6 %

568 of 620 final votes while in office

ESN median: 90.8 % (+0.8 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

88.7 %

503 of 567 votes where their group had a line

ESN median: 93.9 % (−5.2 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

9.4 %

51 of 543 votes where their group had a clear line

8 opposite (for ↔ against), 21 abstained against the line, 22 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

14.8 %

84 of 568 votes cast

Participation 91.6 % — ESN median 90.8 %, 27 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 27 members of the ESN with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Petar VOLGIN91.6 %
ESN median90.8 %
Lowest in the group65.8 %
Highest in the group97.7 %
Members27
With majority line 88.7 % — ESN median 93.9 %, 27 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 27 members of the ESN with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Petar VOLGIN88.7 %
ESN median93.9 %
Lowest in the group64.4 %
Highest in the group99.3 %
Members27
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of ESN; 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
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 16 to paragraph 48 198 for, 417 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 43 198 for, 438 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 33 203 for, 425 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 33 238 for, 400 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 45 to paragraph 33 238 for, 398 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 44 to paragraph 24 368 for, 233 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 13 to paragraph 22 209 for, 433 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 19 203 for, 434 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 19 200 for, 432 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 12 to paragraph 19 199 for, 429 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 13 205 for, 436 against, 0 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 10 to paragraph 12 209 for, 432 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 9 to paragraph 11 159 for, 426 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 2 186 for, 434 against, 18 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Paragraph 2 — part 2 591 for, 8 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: Agencies Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 1 219 for, 412 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Final vote — text as a wholeDischarge decision adopted 454 for, 161 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor Final vote — text as a whole 528 for, 59 against, 62 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 20 217 for, 425 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 206 for, 272 against, 169 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Ombudsman Final vote — text as a whole 593 for, 14 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Committee of the Regions Final vote — text as a whole 567 for, 70 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee Final vote — text as a whole 478 for, 146 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Final vote — text as a whole 429 for, 145 against, 76 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Separate vote on paragraph 71 458 for, 178 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 1 to paragraph 33 219 for, 418 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 27 211 for, 431 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 27 228 for, 264 against, 151 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 26 164 for, 389 against, 94 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors Final vote — text as a whole 343 for, 160 against, 150 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 15 — part 2 350 for, 269 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 15 — part 1 529 for, 105 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Final vote — text as a whole 526 for, 79 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Amendment 4 to recital C 210 for, 432 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Amendment 1 to recital C 210 for, 432 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Amendment 3 to paragraph 41 193 for, 450 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Amendment 2 to paragraph 5 205 for, 443 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council Final vote — text as a whole 432 for, 160 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council Separate vote on paragraph 30 329 for, 286 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council Amendment 6 to paragraph 30 274 for, 365 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council Amendment 2 to paragraph 30 219 for, 417 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Final vote — text as a whole 441 for, 131 against, 81 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 149 203 for, 442 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 57 to paragraph 146 177 for, 435 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Paragraph 138 — part 2 444 for, 131 against, 77 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Paragraph 138 — part 1 462 for, 159 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 22 to paragraph 138 289 for, 349 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 13 to paragraph 123 275 for, 374 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 26 to paragraph 122 215 for, 426 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
29 Apr 2026Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 94 202 for, 430 against, 9 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 4 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 ESN

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
Rada LAYKOVA ESNBulgaria91 % of 4 708 shared80 %
Hans NEUHOFF ESNGermany90 % of 4 241 shared80 %
Stanislav STOYANOV ESNBulgaria90 % of 5 131 shared80 %
Irmhild BOSSDORF ESNGermany89 % of 5 178 shared80 %
Christine ANDERSON ESNGermany89 % of 5 070 shared80 %
Marc JONGEN ESNGermany89 % of 4 816 shared80 %
Anja ARNDT ESNGermany89 % of 4 666 shared80 %
René AUST ESNGermany89 % of 4 944 shared80 %
Petr BYSTRON ESNGermany89 % of 4 649 shared80 %
Alexander SELL ESNGermany88 % of 5 017 shared80 %

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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
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group ESNGermany96 % of 231 shared49 %
Milan MAZUREK changed group ESNSlovakia76 % of 492 shared49 %
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group PatriotsPoland74 % of 1 352 shared70 %
Petra STEGER PatriotsAustria73 % of 5 255 shared70 %
Georg MAYER PatriotsAustria72 % of 4 775 shared70 %
Maximilian KRAH Former memberNo groupGermany72 % of 513 shared49 %
Gerald HAUSER PatriotsAustria72 % of 5 095 shared70 %
Roman HAIDER PatriotsAustria72 % of 5 395 shared70 %
Elisabeth DIERINGER PatriotsAustria71 % of 5 374 shared70 %
Harald VILIMSKY PatriotsAustria71 % of 5 202 shared70 %

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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 Foreign AffairsAFET CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Employment and Social AffairsEMPL CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldEUDS Special committeeSubstitute23 Jan 2025now
Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyD-UK Joint parliamentary committeeSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of ChinaD-CN DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with IsraelD-IL DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now

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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
Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the foreign policy response to external interference in the EU's neighbourhoodShadow rapporteurAFET12 Jun 2026
Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic valuesShadow rapporteurAFET25 Feb 2026
Report on the 2023-2024 Commission Reports on Ukraine (Shadow Rapporteur: Petar Volgin)Shadow rapporteurAFET9 Dec 2024

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.

58 contributions recorded; 15 on behalf of their group; 75 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
15 Sept 2026Hybrid attacks against the EU Member States (joint debate) Speech · 1 minRead
15 Sept 2026Funeral for war criminal Ratko Mladić and glorification of war crimes in Serbia (debate) on behalf of ESNSpeech · 1 minRead
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
15 Sept 2026Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
8 Jul 2026Future of EU support for Russian democratic forces, anti-war actors and repressed civil society (debate) on behalf of ESNSpeech · 2 minRead
7 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine (debate) on behalf of ESNSpeech · 2 minRead
16 Jun 2026Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
16 Jun 2026The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
19 May 2026Question Time (VPC/HR) - EU’s strategy to address the current crises in the Middle East Speech · 1 minRead

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Questions and motions, 49

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
31 Jul 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need to combat migrant grooming gangs B-10-2026-0373Motion for a resolutionwith 80 co-authors—
11 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on ending ideological flag displays on the premises of European Union institutions B-10-2026-0284Motion for a resolutionwith 29 co-authors—
11 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on politically motivated banking B-10-2026-0283Motion for a resolutionwith 15 co-authors—
3 Jun 2026Ukraine’s glorification of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army criminals and the EU accession process E-10-2026-002283Written questionwith 7 co-authors14 Aug 2026
21 May 2026Liabilities of each participating Member State for the EUR 90 billion EU loan package for Ukraine E-10-2026-002108Written questionwith 12 co-authors16 Jul 2026
20 Apr 2026Rising fertiliser prices: what are the risks for our EU farmers? E-10-2026-001609Written questionwith 11 co-authors19 Jun 2026
8 Apr 2026Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework Regulation E-10-2026-001410Written questionwith 25 co-authors18 Jun 2026
25 Mar 2026Restoring genuine academic freedom in our universities E-10-2026-001262Written questionwith 27 co-authors22 May 2026
5 Mar 2026Commission interference: electoral processes inside the EU and political pluralism at risk? E-10-2026-000923Written questionwith 37 co-authors4 May 2026
25 Feb 2026Derogation for Bulgaria from the requirement to receive relocated migrants P-10-2026-000804Priority written questionwith 2 co-authors24 Apr 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 39

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

Show all 39 amendment documents

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 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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
29 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Petar VOLGIN”. Member record. memberId 257260. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257260?page=28&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 29 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257260. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/257260?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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-257260,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Petar VOLGIN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257260?page=28&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257260?page=28&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-29},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 257260. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257260. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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}
}