Member
Petar VOLGIN
ESN · 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 ⓘ
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)
8 opposite (for ↔ against), 21 abstained against the line, 22 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Petar VOLGIN | 91.6 % |
| ESN median | 90.8 % |
| Lowest in the group | 65.8 % |
| Highest in the group | 97.7 % |
| Members | 27 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Petar VOLGIN | 88.7 % |
| ESN median | 93.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 64.4 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.3 % |
| Members | 27 |
- 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.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Paragraph 24 — part 1 | 509 for, 23 against, 77 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Paragraph 23 — part 2 | 413 for, 100 against, 91 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Paragraph 23 — part 1 | 502 for, 41 against, 60 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Separate vote on paragraph 20 | 403 for, 159 against, 34 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Paragraph 18 — part 2 | 483 for, 74 against, 50 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Paragraph 18 — part 1 | 483 for, 39 against, 86 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Paragraph 17 — part 3 | 367 for, 214 against, 23 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Paragraph 17 — part 2 | 364 for, 221 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Paragraph 17 — part 1 | 515 for, 21 against, 74 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 Separate vote on paragraph 14 | 258 for, 321 against, 21 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 490 for, 41 against, 74 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Recital M — part 2 | 485 for, 99 against, 13 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Amendment 1, adding text after recital J | 178 for, 416 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Separate vote on paragraph 262 | 518 for, 67 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Separate vote on paragraph 260 | 506 for, 71 against, 29 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Separate vote on paragraph 259 | 471 for, 85 against, 53 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 258 — part 5 | 510 for, 67 against, 29 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 258 — part 4 | 439 for, 93 against, 67 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 258 — part 3 | 476 for, 71 against, 55 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 258 — part 2 | 447 for, 126 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 258 — part 1 | 504 for, 72 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Separate vote on paragraph 257 | 507 for, 72 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Separate vote on paragraph 255 | 465 for, 98 against, 46 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Separate vote on paragraph 254 | 438 for, 116 against, 52 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 252 — part 6 | 424 for, 152 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 252 — part 5 | 455 for, 88 against, 55 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 252 — part 4 | 528 for, 34 against, 37 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 252 — part 3 | 456 for, 96 against, 43 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 252 — part 2 | 461 for, 82 against, 43 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 252 — part 1 | 511 for, 57 against, 33 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 251 — part 3 | 472 for, 64 against, 70 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Separate vote on paragraph 250 | 505 for, 62 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 244 | 189 for, 407 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Paragraph 204 — part 2 | 549 for, 34 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Separate vote on paragraph 199 | 557 for, 35 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 172 | 137 for, 452 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 125 | 174 for, 415 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Separate vote on paragraph 13 | 526 for, 58 against, 26 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation Final vote | Passed 392 for, 88 against, 133 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation Amendment 168 to Article 10, paragraph 2 | 149 for, 439 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 464 for, 58 against, 75 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 7 | 246 for, 317 against, 31 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Amending Regulations on the Internal Market Information System (IMI) and on the single digital gateway as regards certain harmonisation requirements on transparency Final vote | Passed 400 for, 77 against, 132 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 549 for, 7 against, 31 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran Amendment 2, adding text after recital D | 110 for, 457 against, 20 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani Separate vote on paragraph 2 | 525 for, 14 against, 57 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani Separate vote on paragraph 1 | 531 for, 2 against, 63 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran Amendment 1, adding text after recital D | 150 for, 388 against, 45 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 9 | 46 for, 459 against, 77 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 5 | 79 for, 493 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
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 Foreign AffairsAFET Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Employment and Social AffairsEMPL Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldEUDS Special committee | Substitute | 23 Jan 2025 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyD-UK Joint parliamentary committee | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of ChinaD-CN Delegation | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with IsraelD-IL Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
Dossiers
| Dossier | Role | Committee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 neighbourhood | Shadow rapporteur | AFET | 12 Jun 2026 |
| Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic values | Shadow rapporteur | AFET | 25 Feb 2026 |
| Report on the 2023-2024 Commission Reports on Ukraine (Shadow Rapporteur: Petar Volgin) | Shadow rapporteur | AFET | 9 Dec 2024 |
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Foreign affairs 31
- Justice, rule of law & rights 20
- Defence & security 12
- EU budget & funds 10
- Economy & single market 10
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 10
- EU institutions & Parliament 8
- Digital, AI & data 5
- Migration & asylum 5
- Energy 2
- Transport & tourism 2
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 1
- 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.
58 contributions recorded; 15 on behalf of their group; 75 minutes of speaking time.
Questions and motions, 49
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 39
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 Europe of Sovereign Nations ESN · Far-right · ultranationalism
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 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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
- 1 October 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=56&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 1 October 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 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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=56&scope=final&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257260?page=56&scope=final&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-10-01},
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 7669c786bb14 (1 Oct 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}
}