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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
26 Mar 2026Union framework for the national calculation of life-cycle global warming potential Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection failed 208 for, 414 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Mar 2026Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) Decision to open negotiations with the CouncilNegotiating mandate approved 389 for, 206 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Mar 2026Thursday's agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group – Request for withdrawal from voting time Thursday's agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE Group — Request for withdrawal from voting time 163 for, 344 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Mar 2026Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PPE Group – Iran Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PPE Group — Iran 426 for, 77 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Mar 2026Wednesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Australia Wednesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group — Australia 134 for, 350 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026 Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 12 133 for, 385 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Final vote — text as a wholeRejected 233 for, 250 against, 76 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 27 to recital AC 172 for, 363 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 22 to recital B 168 for, 379 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 21 217 for, 332 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 40 to paragraph 19 — part 2 224 for, 329 against, 7 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 40 to paragraph 19 — part 1 291 for, 201 against, 73 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 17 159 for, 391 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Separate vote on paragraph 17 290 for, 258 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 26 to paragraph 17 225 for, 325 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 18 to paragraph 17 182 for, 362 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 38 to paragraph 17 155 for, 402 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 17 to paragraph 16 98 for, 453 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 37 to paragraph 16 185 for, 364 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 24 to paragraph 14 161 for, 392 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 31 to paragraph 13 148 for, 382 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 4 203 for, 352 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 3 174 for, 389 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 2 172 for, 385 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 1 313 for, 245 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendments 15 + 36 (voted as one) to paragraph 12 252 for, 300 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Final votePassed 473 for, 81 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 537 for, 2 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Amendment 5 to Annex, point b 81 for, 466 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Amendment 4 to Annex, point a 81 for, 468 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Amendment 3 to Article 1, after paragraph 1 90 for, 462 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029 Proposal to reject the text 81 for, 473 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 438 for, 37 against, 81 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 277 for, 244 against, 31 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 2 273 for, 199 against, 81 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2026Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 479 for, 17 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2026The arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 524 for, 2 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Amendment 2, adding text after recital A 58 for, 410 against, 63 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2026Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 2 114 for, 363 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
11 Mar 2026Flagship European defence projects of common interest Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 448 for, 122 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Amendment 2 to paragraph 18 178 for, 412 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 182 for, 423 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 482 for, 108 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Amendment 2 to paragraph 1, after point v 68 for, 502 against, 48 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Amendment 1 to paragraph 1, after point f 110 for, 494 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 385 for, 147 against, 98 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Separate vote on paragraph 33 268 for, 328 against, 33 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Separate vote on paragraph 32 301 for, 300 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Amendment 1 66 for, 523 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority 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.

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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 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). “Petar VOLGIN”. Member record. memberId 257260. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257260?page=36&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 30 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 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-257260,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Petar VOLGIN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257260?page=36&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257260?page=36&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-30},
  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 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}
}