Member
Ilia LAZAROV
EPP · 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 ⓘ
73.8 %
4 373 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
EPP median: 89.9 % (−16.1 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
88.2 %
3 857 of 4 373 votes where their group had a line
EPP median: 93.6 % (−5.4 pts)
269 opposite (for ↔ against), 130 abstained against the line, 9 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Ilia LAZAROV | 73.8 % |
| EPP median | 89.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 17.0 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.6 % |
| Members | 196 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Ilia LAZAROV | 88.2 % |
| EPP median | 93.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 70.2 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.5 % |
| Members | 196 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of EPP; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | The need to reduce work-related fatalities Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 17 | 160 for, 296 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The need to reduce work-related fatalities Amendment 6 to paragraph 17 | 168 for, 300 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The need to reduce work-related fatalities Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 15 | 75 for, 330 against, 65 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The need to reduce work-related fatalities Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 12 | 146 for, 316 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The need to reduce work-related fatalities Amendments 3 + 5 (voted as one) to paragraph 1 | 181 for, 267 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 263 for, 83 against, 154 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on recital AH | 294 for, 144 against, 70 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on recital AF | 285 for, 198 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on recital AC | 238 for, 217 against, 57 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital S — part 2 | 273 for, 160 against, 79 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital S — part 1 | 344 for, 111 against, 50 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital R — part 2 | 320 for, 152 against, 34 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital R — part 1 | 384 for, 113 against, 13 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on recital F | 473 for, 12 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital A — part 2 | 303 for, 178 against, 27 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital A — part 1 | 437 for, 28 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 83 | 427 for, 42 against, 42 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 81 | 307 for, 146 against, 58 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 79 | 327 for, 154 against, 31 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 64 | 266 for, 234 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 58 | 507 for, 3 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 55 | 373 for, 76 against, 79 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 53 | 248 for, 158 against, 114 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 49 — part 2 | 358 for, 134 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 49 — part 1 | 421 for, 77 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 43 | 261 for, 105 against, 174 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 37 — part 2 | 245 for, 275 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 37 — part 1 | 286 for, 182 against, 65 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 36 — part 2 | 299 for, 134 against, 103 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 36 — part 1 | 472 for, 33 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 28 | 190 for, 311 against, 39 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 22 | 321 for, 118 against, 102 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 19 | 505 for, 29 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 15 | 460 for, 14 against, 64 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 14 | 181 for, 342 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 14 | 496 for, 7 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 337 for, 178 against, 44 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 7 to recital AY | 175 for, 378 against, 2 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 6 to recital Y | 122 for, 432 against, 4 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 13 to recital A | 293 for, 263 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Paragraph 56 — part 2 | 537 for, 26 against, 3 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Paragraph 56 — part 1 | 378 for, 171 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 43 to paragraph 56 | 162 for, 384 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 42 to paragraph 55 | 166 for, 356 against, 40 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 12 to paragraph 43 | 501 for, 49 against, 15 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Separate vote on paragraph 40 | 531 for, 24 against, 13 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Separate vote on paragraph 37 | 391 for, 90 against, 84 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 36 — part 2 | 226 for, 296 against, 46 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 36 — part 1 | 388 for, 120 against, 62 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 36 | 279 for, 121 against, 167 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: Abstained |
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 Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAGRI Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on International TradeINTA Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-CL Joint parliamentary committee | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with MercosurDMER Delegation | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assembly | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Resilience, Disaster Management and Civil ProtectionIG10-19 Intergroup / working group | Member | 17 Mar 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas (SEARICA)IG10-20 Intergroup / working group | Vice-chair | 7 May 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Sky and SpaceIG10-21 Intergroup / working group | Member | 27 Feb 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Wine, Quality Foodstuffs and SpiritsIG10-28 Intergroup / working group | Member | 23 Jan 2025 | now |
Dossiers
| Dossier | Role | Committee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/823 of 28 February 2024 on exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process | Shadow rapporteur | INTA | 10 Jul 2025 |
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Foreign affairs 4
- Economy & single market 3
- Energy 3
- EU institutions & Parliament 2
- Justice, rule of law & rights 2
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 1
- Climate & environment 1
- Defence & security 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.
1 contribution recorded; 1 minute of speaking time.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
Questions and motions, 7
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
| Date | Title | Kind | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sept 2026 | Polisario Front E-10-2026-003521 | Written questionwith 9 co-authors | Not yet answered |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Small modular reactors E-10-2026-002408 | Written questionwith 25 co-authors | 20 Aug 2026 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Systemic shortcomings in food safety controls and imports in the EU E-10-2026-001772 | Written questionwith 18 co-authors | 3 Jul 2026 |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Concerns regarding the termination of the Bulgarian EPPO selection procedure E-10-2026-001688 | Written questionwith 13 co-authors | 15 Jun 2026 |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Concerns regarding the termination of the Bulgarian EPPO selection procedure E-10-2026-001689 | Written questionwith 13 co-authors | 30 Jul 2026 |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Reassessing the timetable and safeguards for ETS2: preventing price shocks and ensuring social readiness E-10-2025-003032 | Written questionwith 48 co-authors | 12 Nov 2025 |
| 16 Dec 2024 | Adoption of an EU strategy for nuclear fusion E-10-2024-002958 | Written questionwith 15 co-authors | 17 Mar 2025 |
Amendments tabled in committee, 21
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 European People’s Party EPP · Centre-right · Christian democracy, conservatism
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 e994c83b5003 (27 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
- 27 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Ilia LAZAROV”. Member record. memberId 257261. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257261?nb=all&page=19&vscope=all (retrieved 27 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257261. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/257261?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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-257261,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Ilia LAZAROV}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257261?nb=all&page=19&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257261?nb=all&page=19&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-27},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 257261. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257261. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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}
}