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Member

Andrey KOVATCHEV

EPP · Bulgaria

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Bulgaria
Roll-call participation
96.3 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
92.5 %ⓘ of 597 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
More facts (5)
National party
GERB Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
11 of 554 votesⓘ
Committees
AFET, CONT (substitute)
Member id
97968
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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 ⓘ

96.3 %

597 of 620 final votes while in office

EPP median: 90.6 % (+5.7 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

92.5 %

552 of 597 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (−3.1 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

2.0 %

11 of 554 votes where their group had a clear line

5 opposite (for ↔ against), 6 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

2.3 %

14 of 597 votes cast

Participation 96.3 % — EPP median 90.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Andrey KOVATCHEV96.3 %
EPP median90.6 %
Lowest in the group18.4 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members192
With majority line 92.5 % — 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
Andrey KOVATCHEV92.5 %
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
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 75, adding text after paragraph 5 343 for, 247 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 74, adding text after paragraph 5 338 for, 261 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 5 201 for, 390 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 280 for, 292 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 64 to paragraph 5 200 for, 397 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 4 437 for, 82 against, 82 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 4 231 for, 350 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 4 272 for, 256 against, 77 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 4 124 for, 428 against, 50 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 23 to paragraph 4 427 for, 156 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 63 to paragraph 4 267 for, 332 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 3 194 for, 399 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 136 for, 423 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 62 to paragraph 3 92 for, 488 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 2 203 for, 390 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 2 — part 2 524 for, 75 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 2 — part 1 596 for, 8 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 1 427 for, 149 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 1 111 for, 439 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders Paragraph 1 — part 2 435 for, 127 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 601 for, 4 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 5, adding text after recital H 200 for, 406 against, 4 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 13 to recital C — part 2 344 for, 201 against, 63 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 13 to recital C — part 1 378 for, 202 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 4, adding text after recital B 195 for, 403 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 22 186 for, 408 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 5 207 for, 397 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Paragraph 5 — part 2 512 for, 86 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Paragraph 5 — part 1 602 for, 8 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 2 — part 2 210 for, 396 against, 1 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 2 — part 1 210 for, 395 against, 1 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 14 to paragraph 2 — part 2 347 for, 202 against, 62 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 14 to paragraph 2 — part 1 381 for, 202 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 1 181 for, 424 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 1 196 for, 411 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 2 344 for, 256 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 1 213 for, 394 against, 1 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 368 for, 172 against, 69 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Amendment 1, adding text after recital G 141 for, 462 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Separate vote on paragraph 22 452 for, 119 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Separate vote on paragraph 20 480 for, 116 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Paragraph 13 — part 3 582 for, 10 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Paragraph 13 — part 2 275 for, 270 against, 64 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Paragraph 13 — part 1 490 for, 120 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Separate vote on paragraph 12 475 for, 121 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Paragraph 5 — part 4 478 for, 126 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Paragraph 5 — part 3 489 for, 116 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Paragraph 5 — part 2 479 for, 124 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Paragraph 4 — part 3 474 for, 126 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
17 Sept 2026Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up Paragraph 4 — part 2 499 for, 95 against, 19 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 1 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 EPPBulgaria97 % of 2 532 shared89 %
Andrey NOVAKOV EPPBulgaria96 % of 5 186 shared89 %
Emil RADEV EPPBulgaria95 % of 4 250 shared89 %
Sandra KALNIETE EPPLatvia94 % of 5 177 shared89 %
Inese VAIDERE EPPLatvia93 % of 5 346 shared89 %
Manfred WEBER EPPGermany93 % of 4 485 shared89 %
Siegfried MUREŞAN EPPRomania93 % of 5 416 shared89 %
Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ EPPLithuania93 % of 4 634 shared89 %
Jüri RATAS EPPEstonia93 % of 5 583 shared89 %
Sven SIMON EPPGermany93 % of 4 624 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 RenewEstonia86 % of 5 065 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania85 % of 4 985 shared82 %
Eugen TOMAC RenewRomania85 % of 4 129 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium84 % of 5 481 shared82 %
Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE Former memberRenewFrance84 % of 2 284 shared82 %
Anna STÜRGKH RenewAustria84 % of 4 225 shared82 %
Ivars IJABS RenewLatvia84 % of 4 331 shared82 %
Dan NICA S&DRomania84 % of 3 481 shared75 %
Katri KULMUNI RenewFinland84 % of 4 472 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands83 % of 4 270 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 Foreign AffairsAFET CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Budgetary ControlCONT CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldEUDS Special committeeSubstitute23 Jan 2025now
Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-MK Joint parliamentary committeeMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-TR Joint parliamentary committeeMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)DASE DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association CommitteeDSCA DelegationSubstitute30 Sept 2025now
Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary AssemblyDEPA Parliamentary assemblySubstitute30 Sept 2025now
Intergroup on Cancer and Rare DiseasesIG10-05 Intergroup / working groupMember27 Jan 2025now
Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural RoutesIG10-11 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now

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Dossiers

Show all 16 dossier roles

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.

25 contributions recorded; 3 on behalf of their group; 39 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 96

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
14 Sept 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Political prisoners in Cuba, in particular the case of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí Navarro B-10-2026-0394Motion for a resolutionwith 27 co-authors—
14 Sept 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya B-10-2026-0418Motion for a resolutionwith 25 co-authors—
14 Sept 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong-Kong, amid the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung B-10-2026-0405Motion for a resolutionwith 23 co-authors—
7 Sept 2026Polisario Front E-10-2026-003521Written questionwith 9 co-authorsNot yet answered
6 Jul 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in Pakistan B-10-2026-0350Motion for a resolutionwith 27 co-authors—
6 Jul 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria, notably the Kawel village massacre B-10-2026-0355Motion for a resolutionwith 27 co-authors—
6 Jul 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan B-10-2026-0362Motion for a resolutionwith 25 co-authors—
16 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich B-10-2026-0328Motion for a resolutionwith 28 co-authors—
16 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso B-10-2026-0321Motion for a resolutionwith 26 co-authors—
15 Jun 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Political prisoners in Nicaragua – the cases of Carlos Brenes, Salvadora del Socorro Martínez Aburto and Brooklyn Rivera B-10-2026-0292Motion for a resolutionwith 26 co-authors—

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Amendments tabled in committee, 69

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

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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 f37e5638cded (25 Sept 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
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Andrey KOVATCHEV”. Member record. memberId 97968. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/97968?page=2&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/97968. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/97968?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 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-97968,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Andrey KOVATCHEV}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/97968?page=2&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/97968?page=2&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 97968. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/97968. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 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}
}