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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 78 — part 2 | 289 for, 304 against, 11 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 78 — part 1 | 396 for, 182 against, 32 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 77 | 346 for, 224 against, 35 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 74 — part 2 | 258 for, 325 against, 21 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 74 — part 1 | 397 for, 170 against, 44 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Abstained |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 73 | 279 for, 289 against, 42 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 72 — part 3 | 254 for, 324 against, 30 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 72 — part 2 | 365 for, 149 against, 73 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 72 — part 1 | 396 for, 183 against, 28 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 71 — part 3 | 368 for, 147 against, 93 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 71 — part 2 | 292 for, 260 against, 47 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 71 — part 1 | 411 for, 161 against, 28 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 68 | 262 for, 309 against, 33 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 67 | 251 for, 349 against, 15 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 64 | 262 for, 287 against, 50 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 59 | 256 for, 305 against, 50 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 57 | 300 for, 238 against, 78 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 30 | 359 for, 200 against, 51 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 29 | 292 for, 262 against, 56 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 28 | 336 for, 218 against, 58 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Separate vote on paragraph 27 | 341 for, 218 against, 58 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 21 — part 2 | 301 for, 298 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 21 — part 1 | 518 for, 24 against, 74 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 16 — part 2 | 299 for, 270 against, 38 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 16 — part 1 | 439 for, 138 against, 28 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Abstained |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 3 | 298 for, 282 against, 34 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 2 | 295 for, 302 against, 7 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 10 — part 1 | 437 for, 166 against, 6 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 3 | 208 for, 390 against, 16 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 3 — part 2 | 381 for, 182 against, 44 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Paragraph 3 — part 1 | 510 for, 41 against, 63 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Abstained |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 2 to paragraph 1 | 207 for, 391 against, 12 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 4 | 159 for, 424 against, 31 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Abstained |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Amendment 1 | 172 for, 440 against, 10 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025 Final vote — text as a whole | Passed 622 for, 10 against, 3 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Switzerland agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 605 for, 26 against, 2 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Liechtenstein agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 611 for, 26 against, 1 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-San Marino agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 606 for, 26 against, 1 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Monaco agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 610 for, 26 against, 1 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Final vote | Passed 370 for, 160 against, 107 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 104 to recital 18 | 171 for, 431 against, 18 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 87, adding text after recital 7 | 58 for, 475 against, 97 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | EU-Andorra agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Final vote | Passed 605 for, 29 against, 0 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 86, adding text after recital 7 | 97 for, 486 against, 42 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 85 to recital 6 | 49 for, 506 against, 60 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 103, adding text after recital 3 | 185 for, 433 against, 14 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 84 to recital 2 | 123 for, 476 against, 27 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 83, adding text after recital 1 | 113 for, 493 against, 9 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 82, adding text after recital 1 | 94 for, 503 against, 36 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Amendment 102 to Article 72 | 56 for, 486 against, 82 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | 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 343d33dd3e67 (2 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
- 2 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=61&speeches=all&vscope=all (retrieved 2 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 343d33dd3e67 (2 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=61&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257262?page=61&speeches=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-10-02},
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 343d33dd3e67 (2 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}
}