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Ilia LAZAROV

EPP · Bulgaria

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Bulgaria
Roll-call participation
82.4 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
88.1 %ⓘ of 511 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
More facts (5)
National party
SDS Union of Democratic Forces
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
30 of 473 votesⓘ
Committees
AGRI (substitute), INTA
Member id
257261
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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.

Period Whole term2024 (from July)20252026
Custom dates
Votes Final votes620All roll calls5 928

Roll-call participation ⓘ

82.4 %

511 of 620 final votes while in office

EPP median: 90.6 % (−8.1 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

88.1 %

450 of 511 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (−7.5 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

6.3 %

30 of 473 votes where their group had a clear line

13 opposite (for ↔ against), 17 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

4.3 %

22 of 511 votes cast

Participation 82.4 % — EPP median 90.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Ilia LAZAROV82.4 %
EPP median90.6 %
Lowest in the group18.4 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members192
With majority line 88.1 % — EPP median 95.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Ilia LAZAROV88.1 %
EPP median95.6 %
Lowest in the group67.8 %
Highest in the group99.0 %
Members192
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. 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.

Votes, 5 928

Export

Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Show Final votesAll roll calls
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
23 Oct 2024Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States Amendment 11 — part 2 456 for, 134 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States Amendment 10 — part 2 362 for, 243 against, 36 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States Amendment 10 — part 1 418 for, 180 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States Amendment 5 — part 2 452 for, 144 against, 44 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States Amendment 1 — part 2 430 for, 188 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Final vote — text as a wholeResolution rejected 233 for, 360 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 77, adding text after paragraph 98 134 for, 484 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 92 — part 2 139 for, 481 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 92 — part 1 349 for, 68 against, 230 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: Abstained
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 16 to paragraph 92 255 for, 314 against, 80 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 68, adding text after paragraph 91 — part 4 216 for, 389 against, 39 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 68, adding text after paragraph 91 — part 3 500 for, 62 against, 81 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 68, adding text after paragraph 91 — part 2 85 for, 500 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 68, adding text after paragraph 91 — part 1 520 for, 66 against, 54 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 91 — part 2 107 for, 536 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 91 — part 1 284 for, 289 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 76, adding text after paragraph 90 85 for, 526 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 75, adding text after paragraph 90 79 for, 526 against, 37 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 74, adding text after paragraph 90 178 for, 442 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 20 to paragraph 90, point e 327 for, 309 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 19 to paragraph 90, After point d 291 for, 322 against, 39 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 50 to paragraph 89 — part 4 300 for, 299 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 50 to paragraph 89 — part 3 500 for, 110 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 50 to paragraph 89 — part 2 231 for, 387 against, 23 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 50 to paragraph 89 — part 1 504 for, 94 against, 30 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Separate vote on paragraph 88 498 for, 121 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 73, adding text after paragraph 87 127 for, 473 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 72, adding text after paragraph 87 110 for, 460 against, 76 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 79 168 for, 432 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 79 176 for, 449 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Paragraph 78 — part 4 502 for, 68 against, 77 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Paragraph 78 — part 3 452 for, 142 against, 49 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Paragraph 78 — part 2 462 for, 123 against, 49 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 76 121 for, 468 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 69, adding text after paragraph 75 333 for, 267 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 75 192 for, 420 against, 26 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 75 280 for, 304 against, 51 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Paragraph 75 — part 3 367 for, 224 against, 54 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 68 74 for, 482 against, 94 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 66 73 for, 558 against, 17 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 64 326 for, 293 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 64 192 for, 455 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 64 191 for, 454 against, 5 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 32, adding text after paragraph 64 330 for, 295 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 64, adding text after paragraph 63 154 for, 433 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 31, adding text after paragraph 63 — part 2 169 for, 461 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 31, adding text after paragraph 63 — part 1 196 for, 438 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 63 329 for, 297 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 63 212 for, 303 against, 124 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Abstained
23 Oct 2024General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections Paragraph 63 — part 11 483 for, 116 against, 49 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 12 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
Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
SittingRoll callsVoted in
17 Jul 202411
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 202460
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 202422
10 Oct 202410
22 Oct 202454
23 Oct 202422
24 Oct 202420
14 Nov 202450
26 Nov 202487
27 Nov 202477
28 Nov 202466
17 Dec 202466
18 Dec 202476
19 Dec 202452
21 Jan 202511
22 Jan 202511
23 Jan 202543
11 Feb 202544
12 Feb 202544
13 Feb 202520
11 Mar 202543
12 Mar 202575
13 Mar 202530
1 Apr 202577
2 Apr 202599
3 Apr 202550
6 May 202544
7 May 20252018
8 May 2025120
22 May 202566
17 Jun 202588
18 Jun 202577
19 Jun 202566
8 Jul 202588
9 Jul 20251413
10 Jul 202577
9 Sept 202566
10 Sept 20251514
11 Sept 202588
7 Oct 202544
8 Oct 20251010
9 Oct 2025108
21 Oct 202588
22 Oct 202564
23 Oct 202555
13 Nov 2025160
25 Nov 20251313
26 Nov 20251010
27 Nov 20251111
16 Dec 20251111
17 Dec 20251111
18 Dec 202566
20 Jan 202666
21 Jan 202687
22 Jan 202687
10 Feb 202688
11 Feb 2026109
12 Feb 202680
24 Feb 202611
10 Mar 202694
11 Mar 20261212
12 Mar 202660
26 Mar 2026130
28 Apr 20261414
29 Apr 20261717
30 Apr 20261111
19 May 202633
20 May 20261212
21 May 2026109
16 Jun 20261010
17 Jun 20261615
18 Jun 202677
7 Jul 20261515
8 Jul 20261514
9 Jul 202644
15 Sept 20261211
16 Sept 20261616
17 Sept 20261010

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 EPP

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
Eva MAYDELL EPPBulgaria93 % of 1 940 shared89 %
Andrey KOVATCHEV EPPBulgaria91 % of 4 237 shared89 %
Andrey NOVAKOV EPPBulgaria91 % of 3 911 shared89 %
Emil RADEV EPPBulgaria90 % of 3 384 shared89 %
Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU EPPRomania89 % of 3 040 shared89 %
Lena DÜPONT EPPGermany89 % of 3 542 shared89 %
Inese VAIDERE EPPLatvia88 % of 4 129 shared89 %
Sandra KALNIETE EPPLatvia88 % of 3 991 shared89 %
Daniel CASPARY Former memberEPPGermany88 % of 2 622 shared89 %
Tom BERENDSEN Former memberEPPNetherlands88 % of 2 701 shared89 %

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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
Urmas PAET RenewEstonia83 % of 3 825 shared82 %
Eugen TOMAC RenewRomania82 % of 3 380 shared82 %
Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE Former memberRenewFrance81 % of 1 758 shared82 %
Anna STÜRGKH RenewAustria80 % of 3 083 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania80 % of 4 002 shared82 %
Katri KULMUNI RenewFinland80 % of 3 557 shared82 %
Benoit CASSART RenewBelgium80 % of 3 981 shared82 %
Ilhan KYUCHYUK RenewBulgaria80 % of 4 056 shared82 %
Sophie WILMÈS RenewBelgium80 % of 2 884 shared82 %
Hristo PETROV RenewBulgaria80 % of 3 994 shared82 %

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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 Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAGRI CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on International TradeINTA CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-CL Joint parliamentary committeeSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with MercosurDMER DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now
Intergroup on Resilience, Disaster Management and Civil ProtectionIG10-19 Intergroup / working groupMember17 Mar 2025now
Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas (SEARICA)IG10-20 Intergroup / working groupVice-chair7 May 2025now
Intergroup on Sky and SpaceIG10-21 Intergroup / working groupMember27 Feb 2025now
Intergroup on Wine, Quality Foodstuffs and SpiritsIG10-28 Intergroup / working groupMember23 Jan 2025now

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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
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 ProcessShadow rapporteurINTA10 Jul 2025

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.

1 contribution recorded; 1 minute 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
8 Jul 20252023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia (debate) Speech · 1 minRead

Questions and motions, 7

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
7 Sept 2026Polisario Front E-10-2026-003521Written questionwith 9 co-authorsNot yet answered
11 Jun 2026Small modular reactors E-10-2026-002408Written questionwith 25 co-authors20 Aug 2026
30 Apr 2026Systemic shortcomings in food safety controls and imports in the EU E-10-2026-001772Written questionwith 18 co-authors3 Jul 2026
24 Apr 2026Concerns regarding the termination of the Bulgarian EPPO selection procedure E-10-2026-001688Written questionwith 13 co-authors15 Jun 2026
24 Apr 2026Concerns regarding the termination of the Bulgarian EPPO selection procedure E-10-2026-001689Written questionwith 13 co-authors30 Jul 2026
22 Jul 2025Reassessing the timetable and safeguards for ETS2: preventing price shocks and ensuring social readiness E-10-2025-003032Written questionwith 48 co-authors12 Nov 2025
16 Dec 2024Adoption of an EU strategy for nuclear fusion E-10-2024-002958Written questionwith 15 co-authors17 Mar 2025

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Amendments tabled in committee, 21

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

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790958 AGRI2
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790899 AGRI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790915 AGRI2
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790917 AGRI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790918 AGRI5
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790919 AGRI7
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790954 AGRI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790956 AGRI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790957 AGRI1
5 Jun 2026Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities ITRE-AM-788898 ITRE5

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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.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257261?page=114&scope=final&vscope=all
Official source
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version 579b2832c723 (26 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
26 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?page=114&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 26 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 579b2832c723 (26 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?page=114&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257261?page=114&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  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 579b2832c723 (26 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}
}