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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 33 — part 2 | 405 for, 169 against, 3 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 33 — part 1 | 530 for, 20 against, 31 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 23 — part 2 | 383 for, 184 against, 10 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 23 — part 1 | 458 for, 78 against, 41 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Amendment 7 to paragraph 22 | 160 for, 387 against, 29 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 21 — part 2 | 405 for, 163 against, 10 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 21 — part 1 | 446 for, 37 against, 94 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 13 — part 2 | 403 for, 168 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 13 — part 1 | 487 for, 56 against, 37 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Amendment 6 to paragraph 9 | 158 for, 389 against, 32 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Separate vote on paragraph 7 | 462 for, 68 against, 48 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1 | 160 for, 404 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Amendment 4 to paragraph 1 | 170 for, 396 against, 4 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Final vote | Passed 457 for, 17 against, 86 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 278 to recital 24 | 326 for, 232 against, 24 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 279 to Article 27, after paragraph 1 | 338 for, 219 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 2 | 215 for, 322 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 1 | 136 for, 394 against, 40 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 306 to Article 21, paragraph 4, subparagraph 2 | 448 for, 97 against, 34 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 292 to Article 17, paragraph 4, subparagraph 1 | 165 for, 272 against, 144 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 2 | 337 for, 217 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 1 | 349 for, 214 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 289 to Article 12, paragraph 3, after subparagraph 1 | 287 for, 239 against, 50 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 288 to Article 8, paragraph 2 | 240 for, 216 against, 125 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 286 to Article 4, after paragraph 1 | 177 for, 375 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 304 to Article 4, paragraph 1, indent 1 | 389 for, 129 against, 47 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 303 to Article 3, paragraph 1, point 5 | 474 for, 54 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 284 to Article 2, after paragraph 2 | 301 for, 255 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 283 to Article 2, after paragraph 2 | 170 for, 386 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendments 282 + 311 (voted as one) to Article 1, paragraph 1, point b | 335 for, 240 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 281 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point a | 158 for, 390 against, 26 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 264 | 392 for, 169 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 251 | 263 for, 275 against, 39 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 55 — part 2 | 385 for, 146 against, 44 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 24 — part 2 | 419 for, 97 against, 54 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 511 for, 14 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 3 to recital G | 305 for, 223 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 2 | 93 for, 439 against, 22 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 1 | 100 for, 440 against, 13 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 7 | 275 for, 262 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Separate vote on paragraph 6 | 501 for, 8 against, 25 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 4 to paragraph 6 | 146 for, 381 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 486 for, 8 against, 29 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran paragraphs, recitals — Ams 2-9 11-13 | 146 for, 352 against, 25 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 5 | 168 for, 312 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Paragraph 6 — part 2 | 411 for, 51 against, 26 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 | 248 for, 195 against, 37 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 324 for, 25 against, 87 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 456 for, 118 against, 51 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 37 | 114 for, 522 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
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=83&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=83&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257262?page=83&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}
}