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Andrey Kovatchev, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Bulgaria EPP

Andrey Kovatchev

MEP for Bulgaria · European People's Party · Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Andrey Kovatchev (EPP, Bulgaria) has declared 56 lobby meetings this term - rank 362 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 97 of 185 within European People's Party.

25% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

56
declared meetings
current term
82
records since 2019
full dataset
25%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
362/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
97/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Andrey Kovatchev, this term
56
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

Transparency this term

Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 12 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 5 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 12 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 1 declared meetingApril 2025: 1 declared meetingMay 2025: 3 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 1 declared meetingAugust 2025: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2025: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 1 declared meetingDecember 2025: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 2 declared meetingsJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 12 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Andrey Kovatchev meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Albanian politicians3
Le Conseil National de la Resistance Iranienne-Bruxelles2
Albanian government representatives2
Members of the Albanian Parliament2
Members of the Armenian Parliament2

Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.

Where the meetings cluster

Most-met sectors

Human rights & humanitarian (4), Consumer & retail (2), Technology & digital (2)

Meetings by committee topic

Foreign Affairs (34), D-TR (1), European Democracy Shield (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
11 Jun 2026Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of Democracy MemberFight against disinformation
2 Jun 2026Albanian government representativesShadow rapporteurRecent developments in Albania
2 Jun 2026Members of the Turkish ParliamentMemberRelations between the EU and Turkiye
19 May 2026Australian Ambassador to the EUMemberEU-Australia relations
6 May 2026Civil society representativesMemberRecent developments in Turkiye
29 Apr 2026Members of the Cambodian ParliamentMemberRelations between the EU and Cambodia
22 Apr 2026Comitato Atlantico ItalianoMemberRecent developments in the Middle East
26 Mar 2026Albanian government representativesShadow rapporteurRecent developments in Albania
25 Mar 2026Members of the Montenegrin ParliamentMemberRecent developments in Montenegro
25 Mar 2026Center of Excellence in FinanceMemberEconomic development in the Western Balkans
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
23 Mar 2026Serbian Ambassador to BulgariaMemberRecent developments in Serbia
4 Mar 2026Philip Morris BulgariaMemberMeeting to discuss topics related to the tobacco industry
25 Feb 2026Members of the Armenian ParliamentMemberRecent developments in Armenia
24 Feb 2026Moldovan Ambassador to the EUMemberRecent developments in Moldova
24 Feb 2026Members of the Albanian ParliamentShadow rapporteurRecent developments in Albania
14 Dec 2025Ambassador of PRC to BulgariaMemberEU-China relations
9 Dec 2025Members of the Albanian ParliamentShadow rapporteurRecent developments in Albania
18 Nov 2025Members of the Turkish ParliamentMemberEU-Turkiye relations
31 Aug 2025MPO ''Pirin''MemberCultural Heritage and Cross-Border Cooperation in the Balkans
1 Jul 2025Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in BelgiumMemberRelations between the EU and Morocco
12 Jun 2025Members of the Armenian ParliamentMemberRecent developments in Armenia
3 Jun 2025Albanian politiciansShadow rapporteurRecent developments in Albania
22 May 2025Religious representativesMemberHuman rights situation for religious communities in Jerusalem
22 May 2025Wolt Enterprises MemberIntroductory meeting
14 May 2025Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the EU and NATOMemberRecent developments in the Middle East and EU-Jordan relations
7 Apr 2025Albanian politiciansShadow rapporteurRecent developments in Albania
18 Mar 2025Mission of the Republic of Albania to the EUShadow rapporteurRecent developments in Albania
13 Feb 2025Serbian politiciansMemberRecent developments in Serbia
14 Jan 2025Egyptian Mission in BrusselsMemberEU-Egypt partnership
14 Jan 2025Albanian politiciansShadow rapporteurRecent developments in Albania

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Andrey Kovatchev held the seat, 537 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.

95%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
515
final texts voted on
of 537
92%
voted with the EPP majority
on 511 final texts
39
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Andrey Kovatchev537 final votes
88%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 511 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Andrey Kovatchev also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.

Voted with the EPP majority47292%
Voted differently398%

Final texts where Andrey Kovatchev differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
9 July 2026RC-B10-0357/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0344/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0336/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
29 April 2026B10-0186/2026 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
28 April 2026A10-0047/2026 – Evin Incir, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 March 2026A10-0040/2026 – Birgit Sippel – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
11 March 2026A10-0021/2026 – Irena Joveva, Mirosława Nykiel – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
12 February 2026A10-0256/2025 – Johan Danielsson – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

29 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

6 counterpart entrys in Andrey Kovatchev's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.