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Ilia LAZAROV

EPP · Bulgaria

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Bulgaria
Roll-call participation
54.3 %ⓘ of 516 roll calls in office · chamber median 93.4 % · 2024 (from july), roll calls
With majority line
85.0 %ⓘ of 280 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 93.3 %
More facts (5)
National party
SDS Union of Democratic Forces
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
20 of 256 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

Roll-call participation ⓘ

54.3 %

280 of 516 roll calls while in office

EPP median: 90.7 % (−36.4 pts)

Chamber median: 93.4 %

With majority line ⓘ

85.0 %

238 of 280 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 93.3 % (−8.3 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

7.8 %

20 of 256 votes where their group had a clear line

9 opposite (for ↔ against), 8 abstained against the line, 3 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

4.3 %

12 of 280 votes cast

Participation 54.3 % — EPP median 90.7 %, 190 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 190 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Ilia LAZAROV54.3 %
EPP median90.7 %
Lowest in the group22.1 %
Highest in the group100.0 %
Members190
With majority line 85.0 % — EPP median 93.3 %, 190 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 190 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Ilia LAZAROV85.0 %
EPP median93.3 %
Lowest in the group61.4 %
Highest in the group99.6 %
Members190
  • 2024 (from July), 516 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.

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: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
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: No vote recorded 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: Against Majority line: Against
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: Against Majority line: Against
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: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Final vote — text as a wholeRejected 233 for, 250 against, 76 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 27 to recital AC 172 for, 363 against, 22 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 22 to recital B 168 for, 379 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 21 217 for, 332 against, 13 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 40 to paragraph 19 — part 2 224 for, 329 against, 7 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded 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: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 17 159 for, 391 against, 10 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Separate vote on paragraph 17 290 for, 258 against, 15 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 26 to paragraph 17 225 for, 325 against, 14 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 18 to paragraph 17 182 for, 362 against, 19 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 38 to paragraph 17 155 for, 402 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 17 to paragraph 16 98 for, 453 against, 9 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 37 to paragraph 16 185 for, 364 against, 16 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 24 to paragraph 14 161 for, 392 against, 10 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Amendment 31 to paragraph 13 148 for, 382 against, 30 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 4 203 for, 352 against, 6 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 3 174 for, 389 against, 3 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 2 172 for, 385 against, 3 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2026Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 Paragraph 12 — part 1 313 for, 245 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded 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: No vote recorded 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: No vote recorded 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: No vote recorded Majority line: For
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: No vote recorded 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: No vote recorded 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: No vote recorded 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: No vote recorded 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: No vote recorded Majority line: For
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: No vote recorded Majority line: For
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: No vote recorded 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 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 479 for, 17 against, 43 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
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: No vote recorded 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: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
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: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Flagship European defence projects of common interest Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 448 for, 122 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Amendment 2 to paragraph 18 178 for, 412 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
11 Mar 2026Tackling barriers to the single market for defence Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 182 for, 423 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority 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 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 482 for, 108 against, 42 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 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 ≠ groupMajority line: For
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: For
11 Mar 2026EU enlargement strategy Amendment 1 66 for, 523 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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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 5 of 22 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 20242320
18 Jul 202411
16 Sept 202421
18 Sept 202422
19 Sept 2024920
7 Oct 202420
8 Oct 202411
9 Oct 20241818
10 Oct 202443
21 Oct 202422
22 Oct 2024107
23 Oct 2024129113
24 Oct 2024134
13 Nov 202420
14 Nov 2024360
25 Nov 202420
26 Nov 20241817
27 Nov 20241111
28 Nov 20245735
17 Dec 20241313
18 Dec 20243330
19 Dec 2024452

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.

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). “Ilia LAZAROV”. Member record. memberId 257261. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257261?page=36&period=2024&vscope=all (retrieved 1 October 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 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-257261,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Ilia LAZAROV}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257261?page=36&period=2024&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257261?page=36&period=2024&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-10-01},
  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 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}
}