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Member

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.

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.

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
18 Dec 2025Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 18 184 for, 390 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 17 191 for, 387 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime Amendment 10 to paragraph 13 173 for, 393 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 9 184 for, 392 against, 2 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 5 178 for, 393 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 519 for, 2 against, 50 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 535 for, 0 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
18 Dec 2025Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri Amendment 6, adding text after recital E 218 for, 345 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri Amendment 5, adding text after recital D 210 for, 338 against, 23 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri Amendment 7 to paragraph 7 216 for, 333 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 186 for, 367 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
18 Dec 2025Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 477 for, 7 against, 69 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
18 Dec 2025Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 121 for, 377 against, 50 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Final vote — text as a whole (B10-0558/2025)Adopted 358 for, 202 against, 79 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital S 348 for, 227 against, 61 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital R 408 for, 159 against, 65 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital Q 349 for, 225 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 7, adding text after recital P 320 for, 269 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital N 385 for, 144 against, 104 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 6 to recital N 179 for, 411 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital M 381 for, 175 against, 86 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on recital K 354 for, 237 against, 54 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Recital J — part 2 400 for, 181 against, 60 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Recital J — part 1 435 for, 105 against, 102 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Recital E — part 2 438 for, 170 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 3 to recital E 204 for, 413 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 1, adding text after recital B 289 for, 306 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on paragraph 9 393 for, 194 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on paragraph 8 434 for, 138 against, 63 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Separate vote on paragraph 7 315 for, 297 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 10 to paragraph 5 233 for, 390 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Paragraph 2 — part 2 364 for, 207 against, 64 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Paragraph 2 — part 1 350 for, 217 against, 74 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Amendment 9 to paragraph 2 209 for, 415 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ Final vote — text as a whole (B10-0557/2025) 241 for, 356 against, 48 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Final vote — text as a whole 451 for, 45 against, 153 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Final voteAdopted 480 for, 83 against, 94 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Final vote 472 for, 74 against, 108 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Annex, paragraph 1 — part 2 278 for, 374 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Paragraph 27 — part 3 279 for, 368 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Paragraph 27 — part 2 525 for, 55 against, 72 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Paragraph 25 — part 2 486 for, 159 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Paragraph 16 — part 2 471 for, 137 against, 49 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work Paragraph 7 — part 2 469 for, 136 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 425 for, 120 against, 96 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs Paragraph 23 — part 2 335 for, 243 against, 70 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Military Mobility Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 493 for, 127 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025Simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives Final vote on the motion for a resolutionObjection failed 230 for, 402 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Dec 2025EU/Jordan Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: terms and conditions for the participation of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 627 for, 13 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Dec 2025European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) Final votePassed 604 for, 37 against, 18 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

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=52&scope=final&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=52&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257261?page=52&scope=final&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}
}