Member
Rada LAYKOVA
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 ⓘ
83.0 %
4 921 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
ESN median: 91.3 % (−8.3 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
95.1 %
4 672 of 4 914 votes where their group had a line
ESN median: 94.6 % (+0.5 pts)
52 opposite (for ↔ against), 70 abstained against the line, 27 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Rada LAYKOVA | 83.0 % |
| ESN median | 91.3 % |
| Lowest in the group | 68.6 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.0 % |
| Members | 27 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Rada LAYKOVA | 95.1 % |
| ESN median | 94.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 70.6 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.6 % |
| Members | 27 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 77 to paragraph 58 | 187 for, 447 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 57 | 203 for, 445 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 56 | 184 for, 448 against, 17 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 56 | 203 for, 439 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 64 to paragraph 56 | 185 for, 442 against, 20 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 76 to paragraph 56 | 224 for, 410 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 50 | 73 for, 475 against, 103 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 50 | 142 for, 471 against, 30 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 48 | 149 for, 465 against, 33 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 63 to paragraph 46 | 122 for, 504 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 43 | 118 for, 531 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 5 to paragraph 40 | 370 for, 266 against, 9 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 4 to paragraph 40 | 356 for, 278 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 37 | 208 for, 443 against, 6 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 34 | 182 for, 432 against, 31 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 3 to paragraph 34 | 406 for, 223 against, 22 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 30 | 183 for, 419 against, 44 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 30 | 186 for, 443 against, 15 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 74 to paragraph 30 | 194 for, 429 against, 27 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 29 | 188 for, 456 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 27 | 187 for, 451 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 71 to paragraph 27 | 214 for, 411 against, 20 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 26 | 228 for, 404 against, 17 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 26 | 214 for, 434 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 1 to paragraph 26 | 375 for, 263 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 70 to paragraph 26 | 223 for, 405 against, 17 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 61 to paragraph 26 | 167 for, 455 against, 29 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 24 | 208 for, 433 against, 8 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 24 | 142 for, 441 against, 65 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 57 to paragraph 16 | 119 for, 473 against, 66 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 10 | 218 for, 432 against, 2 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 10 | 105 for, 525 against, 23 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 10 | 226 for, 412 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 7 | 147 for, 460 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 55 to paragraph 7 | 71 for, 540 against, 48 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 4 | 178 for, 430 against, 38 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 4 | 185 for, 439 against, 32 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 1 | 116 for, 527 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 1 | 99 for, 547 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 58 to paragraph 1 | 206 for, 438 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Final vote — text as a whole | Interim report adopted 370 for, 201 against, 84 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 2, adding text after Recital P | 115 for, 427 against, 116 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 1, adding text after Recital O | 89 for, 421 against, 151 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 49 to recital C | 144 for, 442 against, 67 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 48 to recital A | 210 for, 437 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 126 | 366 for, 233 against, 57 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 125 | 387 for, 218 against, 42 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 124 | 359 for, 256 against, 37 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 123 | 373 for, 248 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 122 | 369 for, 262 against, 23 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
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 Economic and Monetary AffairsECON Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionIMCO Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)DASE Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with Central AsiaDCAS Delegation | Substitute | 3 Oct 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the United StatesD-US Delegation | Substitute | 19 Sept 2024 | 2 Oct 2024 |
Dossiers
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Economy & single market 26
- Justice, rule of law & rights 6
- EU budget & funds 5
- Foreign affairs 5
- EU institutions & Parliament 4
- Migration & asylum 4
- Digital, AI & data 3
- Defence & security 2
- Health 2
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 2
- Transport & tourism 2
- Climate & environment 1
- Energy 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.
30 contributions recorded; 12 on behalf of their group; 46 minutes of speaking time.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sept 2026 | Hybrid attacks against the EU Member States (joint debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025 (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 16 Jun 2026 | An EU future for the Western Balkans (joint debate) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Financial literacy and the rise of finfluencers in the context of the savings and investments union (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Mar 2026 | European Semester (joint debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Single Market: how to move from an incomplete single market to one market for one Europe (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Feb 2026 | European Central Bank – annual report 2025 (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2024 (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Stepping up funding for Ukraine’s reconstruction and defence: the use of Russian frozen assets (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Time to complete a fully integrated Single Market: Europe’s key to growth and future prosperity (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Taxation of large digital platforms in the light of international developments (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Bulgaria's adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026 (A10-0113/2025 - Eva Maydell) (vote) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Digital Markets, Digital Euro, Digital Identities: economical stimuli or trends toward dystopia (topical debate) | Speech · 4 min | Read |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Frozen Russian assets (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Mar 2025 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Feb 2025 | European Central Bank – annual report 2024 (debate) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Nov 2024 | Fight against money laundering and terrorist financing: listing Russia as a high-risk third country in the EU (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 24 Oct 2024 | Closing the EU skills gap: supporting people in the digital and green transitions to ensure inclusive growth and competitiveness in line with the Draghi report (debate) on behalf of ESN | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 8 Oct 2024 | Outcome of the Summit of the Future: transforming global governance for building peace, promoting human rights and achieving the sustainable development goals (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 17 Sept 2024 | The future of European competitiveness (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
Questions and motions, 26
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 6
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
| Date | Text amended | Committee | Amendments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2025 | Establishment of the digital euro ECON-AM-781235 | ECON | 2 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Legal tender of euro banknotes and coins ECON-AM-781237 | ECON | 16 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Establishment of the digital euro ECON-AM-781499 | ECON | 1 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Establishment of the digital euro ECON-AM-781500 | ECON | 9 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Establishment of the digital euro ECON-AM-781501 | ECON | 7 |
| 11 Nov 2025 | European Central Bank – annual report 2025 ECON-AM-779370 | ECON | 35 |
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). “Rada LAYKOVA”. Member record. memberId 257262. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257262?page=32&speeches=all&vscope=all (retrieved 1 October 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257262. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/257262?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-257262,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Rada LAYKOVA}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257262?page=32&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257262?page=32&speeches=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-10-01},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 257262. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257262. 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}
}