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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
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Paragraph 10 — part 1 427 for, 161 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Separate vote on paragraph 9 413 for, 158 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Separate vote on paragraph 8 442 for, 132 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Separate vote on paragraph 7 405 for, 163 against, 41 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Separate vote on paragraph 6 424 for, 158 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Paragraph 5 — part 2 417 for, 158 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Paragraph 5 — part 1 430 for, 145 against, 33 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania Separate vote on paragraph 4 431 for, 140 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 562 for, 9 against, 57 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 29 165 for, 397 against, 60 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 12 62 for, 521 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 12 72 for, 461 against, 91 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 224 for, 381 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 5 225 for, 375 against, 31 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 5 226 for, 373 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 1 257 for, 330 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 1 155 for, 358 against, 115 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 1 262 for, 308 against, 54 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Brutal repression against protesters in Iran Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 1 128 for, 423 against, 68 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 471 for, 68 against, 71 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 2 to recital A 187 for, 428 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 115 186 for, 418 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 103 214 for, 407 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 103 252 for, 373 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 7 to paragraph 103 213 for, 401 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Separate vote on paragraph 98 459 for, 140 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 92 211 for, 410 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 5 to paragraph 66 175 for, 436 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 4 to paragraph 59 130 for, 473 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 11 207 for, 406 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Paragraph 4 — part 3 426 for, 182 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 426 for, 180 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 318 for, 247 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 35 364 for, 258 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness Amendment 1 to paragraph 2 343 for, 277 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 483 for, 68 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 503 for, 9 against, 100 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Case of Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 582 for, 0 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Presidential elections in Honduras, the non-recognition of the outcome by the incumbent administration and the attacks on opposition members of the National Assembly Amendment 5, adding text after recital A 215 for, 362 against, 39 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Presidential elections in Honduras, the non-recognition of the outcome by the incumbent administration and the attacks on opposition members of the National Assembly Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 6 491 for, 51 against, 72 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Jan 2026Presidential elections in Honduras, the non-recognition of the outcome by the incumbent administration and the attacks on opposition members of the National Assembly Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 98 for, 464 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Jan 2026Motion of censure on the Commission Final vote on the motion for a resolutionRejected 165 for, 390 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’) Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 440 for, 127 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 421 for, 120 against, 108 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Recital O — part 2 492 for, 105 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Amendment 2, adding text after recital M 240 for, 384 against, 7 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Amendment 1, adding text after recital M 244 for, 384 against, 28 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Amendment 48, adding text after paragraph 83 94 for, 489 against, 60 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 83 90 for, 495 against, 61 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 Amendment 32, adding text after paragraph 81 360 for, 283 against, 11 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, 70

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

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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). “Andrey KOVATCHEV”. Member record. memberId 97968. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/97968?page=47&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 1 October 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 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-97968,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Andrey KOVATCHEV}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/97968?page=47&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/97968?page=47&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-10-01},
  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 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}
}