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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
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 37, adding text after recital K 160 for, 436 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Separate vote on paragraph 57 441 for, 131 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 13 to paragraph 54 493 for, 84 against, 49 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 12 to paragraph 52 — part 2 557 for, 15 against, 51 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 12 to paragraph 52 — part 1 409 for, 157 against, 62 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Paragraph 51 — part 2 426 for, 192 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Paragraph 51 — part 1 476 for, 88 against, 50 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 11 to paragraph 50 348 for, 204 against, 69 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 10 to paragraph 49 461 for, 55 against, 112 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 27 to paragraph 43 146 for, 443 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 28 105 for, 467 against, 63 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 25 195 for, 386 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 23 153 for, 394 against, 77 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 8 to paragraph 23 554 for, 7 against, 73 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 — part 2 216 for, 330 against, 76 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 — part 1 393 for, 182 against, 49 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 3 to paragraph 19 480 for, 105 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 18 424 for, 183 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 15 569 for, 4 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 1 to paragraph 15 575 for, 33 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 6 224 for, 374 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 1 118 for, 446 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 3 116 for, 495 against, 23 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 2 135 for, 468 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 1 138 for, 485 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 1 138 for, 474 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 6 to paragraph 1 395 for, 126 against, 97 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 20252023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 39 to paragraph 1 121 for, 459 against, 32 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 470 for, 81 against, 92 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 6, adding text after recital AL 229 for, 399 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 5, adding text after recital R 232 for, 393 against, 17 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Recital O — part 2 433 for, 190 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Recital O — part 1 589 for, 39 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Separate vote on paragraph 88 460 for, 165 against, 18 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 62 222 for, 405 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 55 173 for, 416 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 55 211 for, 410 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 — part 2 451 for, 172 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 — part 1 532 for, 75 against, 33 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 27 221 for, 401 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 25 225 for, 393 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 8 to paragraph 21 205 for, 427 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 7 to paragraph 14 223 for, 410 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 10 342 for, 230 against, 67 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Paragraph 9 — part 2 447 for, 171 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy Paragraph 9 — part 1 533 for, 70 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 2025A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 317 for, 206 against, 123 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 May 2025A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 125 206 for, 437 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 76 179 for, 439 against, 17 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
7 May 2025A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 76 187 for, 437 against, 7 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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
30 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=90&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 30 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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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=90&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/97968?page=90&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-30},
  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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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}
}